The FRENCH PILL ENDS PREGNANCY BY ABORTION

The drug, a French produced steriod called RU 486, still is years away from 
approval for sale in the UNITED STATES. But decisions in Washington and in 
corporate board rooms in the coming months may determine whether it ever 
becomes available here. 

The drug prevents a fertilized egg from implanting  istself in a 
women's uterus and dislodges any embryo implanted. Tests in France 
have found it 85% effective during the first 10 days of pregnancy. Some 
promoters see RU 486 as a once-a-month postcoital contraceptive. In theory 
those taking this pill would never know if they had been pregnant or not. 

Implictions go beyond medical questions. Some pro-abortionists see potential 
for defusing abortion as a political issue by enabling women to halt pregnancy 
in privacy of their homes away from public glare and emotional trama of 
surgical clinics.

Anti-Abortion groups concede that with no more horrifying  images of
of aborted fetuses, their campaigns will lose emotional impact. They 
promise a vocal and vigorous protest both in Washington and in the marketplace 
against what they call the "death pill". Their first move is an attempt in 
Congress this summer to stop the Food and Drug Administration from authorizing 
tests on the drugh. Federal law already bans U.S. funded research on abortion. 
But private testing is permitted, with FDA approval. In one FDA-sanctioned 
study at the University of Southern California, 200 pregnant women were given 
the drug.

That test proved 70% effective. Pro-abortionist are confident of 
heading off congressional moves to tie the FDA's hands. They plan to go a step 
further and seek to lift restrictions on federal research on abortion. So far, 
U.S. drug firms show little interest in RU 486. Fear of product-liability 
lawsuits and consumer boycotts by "right-to-life" groups has them on edge. 
(from U.S. News & World Report, June 1, 1987 pg 31) 

Stay informed fellow believer. Act upon your convictions!

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