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RU-486 and Medical Abortion
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Collection of political cartoons about the abortion issue from newspaper editorial cartoonists around the world.
http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/abortion/
Articles and links from About.com concerning use of RU-486 (mifepristone), misoprostol, and methotrexate to induce early abortion. Emphasis on pro-life perspectives.
http://prolife.about.com/newsiss...fe/cs/chemicalabortion/index.htm
Planned Parenthood information on nonsurgical abortion and its history as an issue.
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/library/ABORTION/Mif_fact.html
Articles and newsclippings, books and other resources about RU-486, mostly from a pro-life perspective.
http://www.ru486.org/
Pro-life essayist predicts that FDA approval of the French abortion pill will provide a challenge to plaintiff attorneys. From About.com.
http://prolife.about.com/newsiss.../archives/news/aa020800news1.htm
Essay on non-surgical abortion with methotrexate, mifepristone, and other chemical agents, by Bernard N. Nathanson.
http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9601/nathanson.html
Pro-choice views on nonsurgical abortion, as well as advice on obtaining medical abortion without surgery, using methotrexate or RU-486. From About.com.
http://prochoice.about.com/newsi...ce/cs/nosurgerymethods/index.htm
Describes some lesser known side effects of RU-486.
http://pages.map.com/lroberge/ru486.htm
Student paper describes and summarizes the issues surrounding this procedure.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology/b103/f00/web1/kennedy.html
An argument in favor of RU-486.
http://kevincassell.com/PERSON/POLITICS/center/abort.html
Join the campaign to increase campus availability of Mifepristone and EC.
http://www.prescribechoice.org
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) news and information on the issues surrounding nonsurgical abortion with RU-486.
http://www.naral.org/Issues/ru486/ru486_fs.cfm
Offers a comparative look on how abortion is approached in Austria, and the use of mifepristone to induce abortions.
http://www.abtreibung.at/pages/English.html
Program to educate and instruct health care professionals, including physicians, nurses, assistants, counselors, and office staff, in the safe and effective administration of mifepristone/misoprostol for early medical abortion.
http://www.earlyoptions.org/
News and information about nonsurgical abortion and the history of the controversies surrounding RU-486.
http://www.prochoicecalifornia.org/s05factsheets/200401131.shtml