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Two Years After Okay, Abortion Pill Still Far From U.S. Market

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 27th, 1998

It was September 1996 when the U.S. government decided that the French abortion pill RU-486 was safe and effective for women in the United States.

Thinking the drug had cleared its last major hurdle, abortion rights advocates proclaimed "a new era of choice" for American women and predicted it would be in doctors' offices within a year.

Then the target date was pushed back to 1998. Then to 1999.

And while supporters hope the latest target date will stand, they don't speak with much certainty.

The drug's failure to reach American women can be traced in part to the tenacity of anti-abortion forces, who have...

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