Word: antileukemia
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Dates: during 1957-1957
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...What prompted the indictment was an article in the March 1956 issue of Confidential headed: "The Pill That Ends Unwanted Pregnancy." Though written in the magazine's characteristically pious style ("Beware the Newest Abortion Menace"), the article was a sort of do-it-yourself commentary on a new antileukemia drug (retail price: $4.50 per 100 pills) that ended pregnancy in eleven of 15 women selected by doctors for therapeutic abortions. If convicted, Confidential and its distributor could each be fined...
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