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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...
...ru (otherwise known as beer) is by far the most popular beverage here. I was shocked this morning on the train to see the man sitting across from me having a beer at 9:30 a.m. to accompany the morning paper. Last week, I was surprised to see two grandmothers going home after a summer festival sipping cans of beer wrapped in dainty Japanese handkerchief. There are even beer vending machines on every street corner...
This summer an FDA advisory panel recommended that RU 486, a French oral contraceptive, be approved for use in the U.S. More than 200,000 European women have used RU 486, which induces an abortion in 95% of cases. To be effective, the drug--actually two different pills--must be taken within the first seven weeks of pregnancy. A small number of women using RU 486 reported uterine bleeding and severe cramping that required pain medication...
...hour FDA hearing on Ru-486, the "abortion pill," had the controversy dullified right out of it, despite some questionable queries and shady studies upon which the recommendation was based. A Los Angeles Times reporter commented somewhere around hour eight that she was "mired in the depths of journalistic hell." In other words, she was bored...