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SOCIAL conservatism may have found its nemesis in economic conservatism, and a tiny white pill called...
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...
Efforts to boost federal support for birth control have run up against conservative opposition. Right-to-lifers are particularly determined to block the U.S. introduction of RU-486, a French-made drug that can induce menstruation after fertilization takes place. Opponents call RU-486 the abortion pill. "Contraception," says Judie Brown, president of the American Life Lobby, "means better killing through chemistry...
...helped lead to 1.5 million abortions a year in the U.S. By some estimates, up to half of them could be prevented if women had more birth-control options. Jennifer, a 20-year-old college student in Maine, has already had two abortions, following unsuccessful attempts to use the Pill and a diaphragm. "At this point I'm afraid to have sex," she says. "I don't know what...
...counter spermicidal sponge, but it did not work. She got pregnant and had an abortion. Four months ago, she began taking an oral contraceptive. Her moods became unpredictable, as if she were riding an emotional roller coaster. Lately she has felt better, but she is still terrified about the Pill's long-term health effects. "Something has to be done so a woman doesn't worry so much," she says. "It infuriates...