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...opinion of a prominent French scientist means anything, something like that might just come to pass. Dr. Etienne-Emile Baulieu, developer of the controversial RU 486 "abortion pill," had Paris in a tizzy last week. In a cover story in the French weekly Le Point, he touted the potential of an antiaging pill based on a hormone that might ease many of the discomforts of the elderly...
Once again, controversy erupted. When Baulieu first began experimenting with RU 486 in combination with an oral prostaglandin, Roussel balked. As a result, Baulieu had to persuade French public health officials to defray insurance costs. After preliminary trials, the government compelled Roussel to participate, arguing that the proposed testing of an oral prostaglandin was important for women. Although Searle raised no objections, its executives remain uncomfortable about being linked to the abortion business. "Searle has never willingly made ((Cytotec)) available for use in abortion," a company official wrote in a letter to the Wall Street Journal in February...
...ABORTION DRUG HAS BEEN A source of controversy ever since its invention was announced in 1982 by Baulieu, a French physician who worked as a researcher at Roussel Uclaf. The concept was rather simple: RU 486, an antiprogestin, could break a fertilized egg's bond to the uterine wall and thus induce a miscarriage. An injection two days later of prostaglandin, a hormone-like substance, would force uterine contractions and speed the ejection of the embryo. It took six more years and tests on more than 17,000 women before the French government announced that RU 486 would be made...
...widely available. Other countries, most notably Canada, are waiting for the U.S. to take the lead. "The U.S. is the leader in advanced research, the main source of development funds and the heart of worldwide networks that can allow RU 486 to help women everywhere," explains Baulieu...
...trained nurse practitioners. If that happened, many women could avoid running a gauntlet of protesters outside an abortion clinic. Still, it won't take all the anguish out of the procedure. "It's insulting to women to say that abortion now will be as easy as taking aspirins," says Baulieu. "It is always difficult, psychologically and physically, sometimes tragic...