(ANSA) - Turin, April 14 - Investigators on Monday were searching the Martini Hospital in Turin where a 37-year-old woman died last week after interrupting her pregnancy with the drug mifepristone, the so-called 'abortion pill'. The prosecutor's office opened a manslaughter investigation into the case, and ordered an autopsy of the woman's body, which will very likely take place Monday.
The medical examiner will have 60 days to reach his conclusions. So far there are no suspects indicated in the case.
The Turin woman has become the first Italian fatality possibly linked to the drug mifepristone, the so-called 'abortion pill'. The woman, 37, died at Turin's Martini Hospital after an abortion brought on by the pill, known in Italy by its former name, RU486. The hospital linked the death to a reaction to the pill but Italy's top expert on abortions, Turin gynecologist Silvio Viale, said the death was probably caused by sedatives which have been known to trigger cardiac arrest.