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Dennis Rodman, upset about Ru Paul not being in the crowd, refuses to take the floor for the fourth. Gene Siskel appears to be balding--the fans are clearly nervous...
Last week was probably a net loss for pro-life activists, despite the House override of the abortion-bill veto. A day before the House vote, the Food and Drug Administration gave the so-called abortion pill, RU-486, all but final approval. As long as it is labeled and manufactured to meet agency standards, this new and easier way to terminate pregnancies could be on the market by the middle of next year...
Only a few years ago, it looked as if American women might never have access to RU-486, whose chemical name is mifepristone. It has been available in Europe since 1988, but the French manufacturer, Roussel Uclaf, fearing harassment by militant antiabortionists, refused to market it in the U.S. In 1994, though, the New York City-based Population Council offered to take the heat and acquired the drug's American patent rights. After two years of clinical trials, the organization applied to the FDA for permission to sell the drug. In July an advisory committee recommended approval...
...decision will please women who want nonsurgical abortions. It will also give researchers the green light to look into RU-486's promise as a treatment for cancer and a glandular condition known as Cushing's syndrome...
...antiabortion activists, however, it is a disaster. RU-486 can be given in a doctor's office rather than an abortion clinic, so protesters won't know where to set up their picket lines. The drug does have some serious drawbacks: it has to be taken within seven weeks of a woman's last menstrual period; it fails about 5% of the time; and it can have side effects, including cramping, nausea and severe bleeding. In Europe it is used for only about 20% of all abortions. But in the U.S., where women routinely run protest gauntlets at clinic doors...