by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer (June 13, 2008) An 18 year-old British student has become the fourteenth woman to die after taking the controversial abortion drug, RU-486. Manon Jones is described as having been “bubbly” and a bright “A-level” student before her life was cut short in June, 2005. Jones, a Christian, had become infatuated with a Muslim boy she met while taking courses at City of Bristol College. When she became pregnant, she feared a conflict with his parents and decided to have an abortion. In a June 13, 2008 court hearing, her grieving mother explained what happened next. “Manon found it very hard to make a decision to terminate the pregnancy," Llewelyn Jones told the press. “She wanted to keep the child but there were difficult circumstances which she had to consider with her boyfriend’s family and their Muslim religion.” She decided to travel to Bristol to be with her daughter when she took the mifepristone (RU 486) abortion drug that has already killed 13 other women worldwide, including two in England. Manon took the first dose of medication on June 10, 2005, and the second dose two days later. “She was scared and I tried to reassure her. It was a very emotional experience for us both to witness her pass her baby and my grandchild into the bedpan,” she said of the abortion experience. After the termination, Manon complained of light-headedness and heavy bleeding. On June 15 her boyfriend took her to a nearby hospital where a scan told her everything was normal. She decided to go on a four-day holiday with friends, but began feeling so sick she returned early and went back to the hospital. By the time her mother arrived, Manon was already in intensive care after suffering seizures and cardiac arrest. “I stayed with her at the bedside all day and all night and gradually realized that Manon had already left us and was not likely to recover,” she concluded. On June 27, 2005, doctors made the decision to turn off Manon’s life support and she died shortly thereafter. Eight years ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), responding to pressure by President Clinton and pro-abortion lobbying groups, put RU-486 on a “fast track” to approval in order to get it into the marketplace before the election of pro-life President George Bush. This action was unprecedented, as the FDA only uses the “fast track” for drugs used to treat life-threatening illnesses. However, the possible election of pro-life President George W. Bush loomed on the horizon and abortion supporters feared the drug would not be approved if he was elected. On September 28, 2000, only months before Bush took office, the FDA approved the drug. Since that time, there have been more than 600 cases of serious complications following the use of the drug as well as 14 deaths. © All Rights Reserved, Living His Life Abundantly/Women of Grace. http://www.womenofgrace.com Most women don’t want an abortion but, like Manon, feel pressured into it. In “Healing the Pain of Abortion,” experts Theresa Burke, Ph.D., David Reardon, Ph.D. and Maria Steele discuss this problem and how to heal the emotional scars it causes.