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...hasn't caused too much fuss, unlike the much-discussed RU-486 pill - with which it is sometimes confused - which is a true abortion drug that can be used as far as 60 days into a woman's pregnancy. But there were some disgruntled mutterings when Dr. Thomas Purdon, the new president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, announced Monday that he believes women should be offered advance prescriptions of morning-after pills, which they can keep in their medicine cabinets. At present, the drug is only available by after-the-fact prescription, while in some states, including...
...choice advocates, Purdon's recommendations are welcomed; the picture on the pro-life side, however, is a little more fuzzy, and there has not been as much outright opposition to the morning-after pill as there has been about other developments (such as RU-486). The pills, in fact, have sparked a great deal of uncharacteristic reticence from the usually vocal lobbyists at the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC). So much so, that last month, the relatively radical American Life League (ALL)called the NRLC to task for its silence on the morning-after pills, which they believe...
Meanwhile, pro-choicers, who consider the morning-after drug a viable and relatively uncontroversial way to prevent unwanted pregnancies - and the abortions that often follow - are welcoming the potential effect of Purdon's pronouncement. "A lot of women aren't particularly well informed about this option," Elizabeth Cavendish, legal director of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League told TIME.com. "Happily, we're seeing a lot of young women taking a much more active role in promoting awareness, which...
...abortions on principle are not likely to change their mind based on the method. Those who approve of abortion under certain circumstances will still want to see how mifepristone works, how widespread its use becomes and whether a backlash could endanger their entire practice. Dr. Thomas Purdon, president-elect of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, spoke with a lot of his colleagues last week after the news broke and found them both receptive and cautious. "The medical abortion is less traumatic and done so much earlier in a pregnancy that physicians can rationalize the fact that they...
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