In the tightly controlled French experience, there has been one such tragedy. Under the far looser private care in North America, the number of deformed babies should be greater. A suction abortion takes one visit. With blood tests, multiple visits and ultrasound, this method will cost two or three times as much. Probably not, time will tell.
Suction is very painful, but over quickly.
With pills the pain lasts for hours. To date, there are no proven uses of RU 486 to treat any human illness. No serious research is projected for any other conditions. Note that pro-life groups have never opposed research with RU 486 to find therapeutic uses. To date all studies of this drug were paid for by or associated with the manufacturer.