Word: pill
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...cost of government services in their localities, rather than property taxes assessed according to the value of the home. Rich property owners will get a huge break, while on average, local taxes will go up $279 a household. Conservative M.P. Tony Marlow calls the detested law a "suicide pill" for the ruling party...
These beliefs will soon collide because of RU 486--an abortion-inducing pill that can be taken in the privacy of your own home. The pill, now legal in France but not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States, has already been called "chemical warfare against unborn babies" by extreme anti-abortionists...
Such metaphorical attacks against RU 486 and attempts by the FDA to stonewall its legalization, however, will not prevent the pill's distribution in America. This country cannot prevent tons of cocaine from entering our ports from South American countries. It seems inconceiveable that we could prevent tiny pills that look like Tylenol from entering our nation via the Concord...
ANTI-ABORTIONISTS are still making an international fuss over RU 486. In France, the pharmaceutical company Roussel Uclaf--which made the pill--almost stopped its distribution because of anti-abortion pressure. The company then reversed its decision in the face of pro-choice protests. RU 486 is now widely distributed in France, and is headed toward other Western European countries...
...that demand may be just as great for RU 486. The pill is safer, faster, and less expensive than abortion surgery...