Some Prescription Meds Can Harm Fetus: Universite de Montreal Study Reveals Danger of Certain Drugs.

(From AScribe)

MONTREAL -- More than six percent of expectant mothers in Quebec consume prescription drugs that are known to be harmful to their fetuses, according to a Universite de Montreal investigation published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Half these women will voluntarily terminate their pregnancy fearing congenital malformations, which means the abortion rate among these women is 11 percent higher than in the rest of the population.

"I never expected such results and I was extremely surprised," says senior author Anick Berard, a professor at the Universite de Montreal's Faculty of Pharmacy and director of the Research Unit on …