Recent news on Ru-486

RU-486 Drug Can Help Avoid Hysterectomies  -  May 18, 2007
abc7news.com,She joined Doctor Kevin Fiscella's study on RU-486, a drug that's used for abortions. It blocks progesterone, the same hormone fibroids need to survive.

RU ready for an investigation of RU-486?  -  May 7, 2007
ProLife BlogsThe abortion industry, mindless of women's health if it interferes with abortion, bulldozed FDA approval of RU-486 during the waning Clinton days in 2000

Ugly End to Session in Senate  -  May 19, 2007
Missourinet.com,She told the Senate, before she was prohibited from further arguing the issue, that the bill targets the use of the "abortion pill," RU-486.

HealthFirst-Uterine fibroids  -  May 14, 2007
ABC12.com,So she joined Dr. Kevin Fiscella's study on RU-486, a drug that's used for abortions. It blocks progesterone, which is a hormone fibroids need to survive.

Controversial abortion drug used to treat fibroids  -  May 11, 2007
KING5.com (subscription),So she joined doctor Kevin Fiscella's study on RU-486 -- the abortion drug. It blocks progesterone -- a hormone fibroids need to survive.

House OKs bonds issue for KCSO pensions  -  Apr 30, 2007
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription),Abortion drug The sponsor of a proposal to require women to be informed about the possible dangers of the abortion drug RU-486 withdrew the bill from a

Unlikely help for uterine fibroids  -  May 23, 2007
ABC7Chicago.com,In a study of 42 women with at least moderate uterine fibroid symptoms, researchers have found the drug called Mifeprex (mifepristone or RU-486) can shrink

Controversial abortion pill bill pulled  -  May 2, 2007
WREG,The proposal would require women to be informed about the dangers of the abortion drug RU-486. Senator Jack Johnson of Brentwood says he wants to see if he

One in 30 aborted babies is born alive, British study finds  -  Apr 29, 2007
ChristianExaminerMost of the abortions involved in the research were performed using the abortion drug RU 486, according to the newspaper. The study, which was published in

Pro-Abortion Nancy Pelosi Delivers Commencement Address at ...  -  May 22, 2007
Lifesite,Wade ruling into federal law, supported federal funding for abortions and contraceptives and advocated for the distribution of the abortion pill RU-486.

City pharmacies opt for Plan B  -  May 20, 2007
Metro.us,Pharmacies that don’t stock Plan B may be confusing it with “the abortion pill,� RU-486, explained Amy Boldosser, project coordinator for the Medical and

Bush Doctrine Is 'Only Option,' Expert Says  -  May 18, 2007
CNSNews.com,He also supported federal funding for abortions and contraceptives and advocated distribution of the abortion pill RU-486. While serving as lieutenant

Public alliance with the Culture of Death  -  May 18, 2007
California Catholic Daily,Wade into law, support Medicaid abortion funding, and called for the distribution of the RU-486 abortion pill. McCarthy, however, was not as abortion-pure

Human Life Legislation and Vetoes  -  May 17, 2007
American Daily,...abortion bills dealing with matters such as parental notification, post-abortion depression and prohibiting the distribution of the drug RU 486.

Baby Sex Test Could Lead to Abortions Australia Officials Complain  -  May 11, 2007
LifeNews.com,Meanwhile, Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott, who has been outspoken against abortion and tried to prevent sales of the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug,

The Left's Global Warming Solution: No More Children!  -  May 9, 2007
The Conservative Voice,Gore neglected to mention that Ehrlich's prescription is mass distribution of RU-486. The radical left embraces Ehrlich and OPT because it fundamentally

Contraceptive Pill Giveaway Today  -  May 8, 2007
The Ledger,This is not the abortion pill (Mifeprex or RU-486) that ends a pregnancy, Planned Parenthood said. The Winter Haven center is at 908 Spring Lake Square.

Scientists develop 'exercise pill'  -  May 1, 2007
Science Daily (press release)RU-486 isn't ... > full story. Cause of neurodegenerative disease sought (November 20, 2006) -- US medical researchers have shown the severity of adult

Ill-conceived notions  -  May 2, 2007
San Antonio Current,...“RU-486 is the abortion pill; the morning-after pill is a contraceptive . . . They are saying that the rights of the sperm and the egg override the rights

Senators Looking for a Way Forward on FDA Bill  -  May 1, 2007
Congressional Quarterly,Amendments are expected on drug importation, the creation of a separate drug safety office, food safety and perhaps regulation of the abortion drug RU-486.

Drug lobbyists fight pill, but want the bill  -  Apr 30, 2007
The Hill,On the Republican side, amendments could arise that would create incentives for the development of new antibiotics or pull the abortion pill known as RU-486

Pat Robertson muses on Doctors "plow[ing] into" women [VIDEO]  -  Apr 27, 2007
AlterNet,The newscaster says that the Women on Waves ship will make Mifepristone (aka RU 486) available to women off-shore of countries that do not currently allow

"American Idol" Anti-Poverty Campaign Raises 30M for Pro-Abortion ...  -  Apr 26, 2007
LifeNews.com,UNICEF has funded a program run by the Population Council, the group that holds the US patent for RU-486. UNICEF has also supported a South African group

Lampert Smith: Victims of rape deserve better  -  Apr 25, 2007
Wisconsin State Journal,The pill, which is a high-dose birth- control pill - not RU-486, the abortion pill - prevents the egg from being implanted if taken within 72 hours of the

Best way to stop abortion is honest sex education  -  Apr 25, 2007
Sun-Sentinel.com,Planned Parenthood doesn't do surgical abortions at its four Broward clinics, but it does provide medication abortions with the RU-486 pill.

Lampert Smith: Victims of rape deserve better  -  26 Apr 2007
Wisconsin State Journal,The pill, which is a high-dose birth- control pill - not RU-486, the abortion pill - prevents the egg from being implanted if taken within 72 hours of the

Michael Mayo  -  26 Apr 2007
Sun-Sentinel.com,Planned Parenthood doesn't do surgical abortions at its four Broward clinics, but it does provide medication abortions with the RU-486 pill.

(AP) Lawmakers want medical board to regulate abortion drug  -  Apr 25, 2007
WKRN,A member of the board said last week that the panel was open to considering regulations for RU-486 at the Legislature's direction.

Oklahoma Senator Plans Sneak Attack on RU 486  -  Apr 19, 2007
Watching the Watchers.orgAnti-abortion forces have been after the "morning after" pill RU 486 since it won FDA approval. Now an anti-abortion web site reports that Republican Sen.

Senate Committee Will Vote on Suspending RU 486 Abortion Drug  -  Apr 17, 2007
LifeNews.com,According to documents provided to LifeNews.com, Senator Tom Coburn, a Oklahoma Republican, will be offering two RU-486 amendments to the bill.

US Senate Committee Considers Curbing RU-486  -  Apr 17, 2007
CitizenLink,Tom Coburn, R-Okla., has filed a number of amendments related to abortion pill RU-486 to S. 1082, which is before the Senate Health, Education,

LIFE DIGEST: One in 30 aborted babies are born alive, British ...  -  Apr 23, 2007
BP News,Most of the abortions involved in the research were performed using the abortion drug RU 486, according to the newspaper. The study, which was published in

Senate Committee Defeats Effort to Suspend Dangerous Abortion Drug  -  Apr 19, 2007
LifeNews.com,The only currently approved drug likely to have been suspended by the amendment would have been RU-486, the abortion drug combination, which is associated

Abortion pill close Freely available in months  -  Apr 14, 2007
The Canberra Times,AUSTRALIAN women could be using the abortion pill RU-486 within months once a European drug company applies to be the first to register it with the

Pending abortion cases around the US  -  Apr 18, 2007
Jackson News-Tribune,..._ABORTION PILLS — A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486 RU-486, after the seventh week of

Other abortion cases pending  -  Apr 18, 2007
The Benton Crier,..._ABORTION PILLS: A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486 RU-486, after the seventh week of

Dutch Abortion Boat Gets Restrictions Lifted, Plans to Sail to ...  -  Apr 23, 2007
LifeNews.com,There, abortion activists are free to do abortions, give women the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug or hand out the morning after pill.

Ex-senator says his activism isn't lobbying  -  Apr 17, 2007
The Tennessean,...week when two doctors testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the abortion drug mifepristone, known by the trade name Mifeprex or RU-486.

Tennessee Senate Holds Hearing on Bill Regarding Abortion Drug's Risks  -  Apr 11, 2007
LifeNews.com,According to FDA reports, there have now been eight known deaths associated with RU 486 in the United States alone and thirteen women have died worldwide

Congressman Hastings Sued  -  Apr 3, 2007
The Conservative Voice,In 2001, Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against the FDA related to the hasty approval of the dangerous abortion drug RU-486 in the waning days of the

Board: druggists must fill prescriptions  -  Apr 13, 2007
Sky Valley Journal,Some critics consider the pill related to abortion, although it is different from the abortion pill RU-486 RU-486 and has no effect on women who already are

State lawmakers considering new abortion regulations  -  Apr 11, 2007
WBIR-TV,The Senate Judiciary Committee today debated the bill that would require doctors to tell women about possible dangers of the RU-486.

Senate considers abortion drug rules  -  Apr 11, 2007
The Tennessean,The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday debated the bill that would require doctors to tell women about possible dangers of the RU-486 and require them to

Senate Considers New Regulations For Abortion Drug  -  Apr 10, 2007
Eyewitness News Memphis,The Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday debated the bill that would require doctors to tell women about possible dangers of the RU-486.

Hillary and "Plan B"  -  Mar 28, 2007
The Conservative Voice,In 2001, Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against the FDA related to the hasty approval of the dangerous abortion drug RU-486. In response, the FDA released

Catholic Church Official Calls Abortion a "Terrorism" Against People  -  Apr 24, 2007
LifeNews.com,He also referred to abortion facilities and biotech labs as "the laboratories where, for example, RU-486, the morning-after pill, is made or where human

Teen will not face murder charge  -  Mar 29, 2007
Mineral Wells Index,It is alleged that Abreu took the prescription drug misoprostol, commonly used to prevent ulcers but also contained in the abortion pill RU-486.

Outrage as Hundreds of Beloved Animals Poisoned, but Yawn at ...  -  Mar 27, 2007
Canada Free Press,RU-486 and the many other abortion drugs are nothing more that human pesticides marketed by organizations like Planned Parenthood, who kill millions of tiny

SCOTT LUCAS Forcing Politicians' Hands  -  Apr 23, 2007
Daily Californian,...women seeking abortions that the procedure would end a human life), the so-called abortion pill, RU-486, and the right of prisoners to have abortions.

Board: Druggists Must Fill Prescriptions  -  Apr 13, 2007
WTOP,Some critics consider the pill related to abortion, although it is different from the abortion pill RU-486 and has no effect on women who already are

Bill Addresses Emergency Contraception  -  Mar 29, 2007
Today's THV,The bill specifically says it does not include the RU-486 abortion pill. Instead, hospital workers would be able to offer information about emergency

Strange sense of deja vu...  -  Apr 21, 2007
The Age,As minister of schools, she ensured there was free distribution of abortion pill RU-486 to all secondary students. She supported the PACS (pacte civil de

Lotterman: Let's think through what we regulate  -  Mar 30, 2007
IdahoStatesman.com,What about pharmacy owners who want to sell RU-486? Should we ban their firing of licensed pharmacists who won't dispense the product?

Clinic to give away 'morning-after' pills Tuesday  -  Mar 30, 2007
The Herald-Times (subscription),Carr said the morning after pill is different from RU-486, which he said is an abortion drug that causes a woman to miscarry an established pregnancy.

Pro-Life Movement Gains Strength in Europe  -  Apr 20, 2007
Christian Broadcasting Network,Italy placed import restrictions on the drug RU-486, commonly known as "the morning after pill." Abortion still remains legal throughout most of Europe.

Decision a limited win, pro-life lawyers say  -  Apr 19, 2007
BP News,...and an Ohio prohibition on prescribing the abortion drug RU 486 after the seventh week of pregnancy, according to the Associated Press.

"American Idol" Poverty Program Funds Heading to Pro-Abortion Groups  -  Apr 19, 2007
LifeNews.com,UNICEF has funded a program run by the Population Council, the group that holds the US patent for RU-486. UNICEF has also supported a South African group

Pending abortion cases around the US  -  Apr 19, 2007
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,..._ABORTION PILLS - A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486, after the seventh week of

Pending Abortion Cases Around the US  -  Apr 19, 2007
Town Hall,..._ABORTION PILLS _ A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486, after the seventh week of

Kennedy Says FDA Bill Will Include Follow-On Provision  -  Apr 18, 2007
BioWorld Online,That language essentially was aimed at removing the so-called abortion drug RU-486 from the market. The only amendments accepted by committee members would

Pending Abortion Cases Around The Us  -  Apr 18, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,...-ABORTION PILLS - A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486, after the seventh week of

Pending Abortion Cases Around the US  -  Apr 18, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,..._ABORTION PILLS — A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486, after the seventh week of

Other Abortion Cases Pending  -  Apr 18, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,...-ABORTION PILLS: A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486, after the seventh week of

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