Unfortunately, opponents may succeed in doing away with the abortion pill before it has much chance to be used. The provision under which the approval was granted can easily be withdrawn. Moreover, Rep. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., plans to introduce legislation to limit the use of mifepristone to doctors who now perform abortions. Others hope to see a bill requiring disclosure of the list of doctors providing the drug, a move that could intimidate some physicians. Abortion opponents should refocus their energy.
Abortion is legal in the United States.
If you don't agree with the legality of the procedure, then do all you can to force the justice system to make it illegal. But attacking use of a drug that is safer for both women and doctors is just plain stupid. And there is no evidence to suggest that access to mifepristone will increase the number of abortions performed. In Europe, the drug's availability has done nothing to increase abortion rates. In fact, throughout most of Western Europe, abortion rates have fallen since the mid-1970s, Family Planning Perspectives reports.