Death Rates:

Abortion

Vs.

Normal Childbirth

In the U. S., the fatality risk with mifepristone [RU-486] is slightly less than 1 per 100,000 cases, compared with 0.1 per 100,000 for surgical abortion at eight weeks or less.

Pregnancy itself carries a fatality rate of 11.8 per 100,000.

--- Consumer Reports
February 2005