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RU-486: Whose Property?
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RU-486: Whose Property?
As the politics of abortion in this country become increasingly confrontational and even violent, some interested parties are looking to a technological solution to the debate over the legality of abortion. Both condemnation and hope have attended the recent approval by the French government of RU-486, a pill that if taken within the first five weeks of pregnancy, blocks the action of progesterone and causes the uterine lining to slough off, expelling the embryo. The potential implications of RU-486 for the law on abortion seem clear to many. As columnist William Safire has observed, with value-laden imagery, "The development of an abortion pill will …
