He's also the only doctor in the state of California with access to the controversial abortion pill, RU486. Gore's been able to prescribe the drug for nearly two years because he is participating in a small study sponsored by the Abortion Rights Mobilization Group. Every time the study wraps up, his supervisor, Dr. Eric Schaff, happens upon some other variable that must also be studied, and thus the participating doctors are able to continue distributing the drug. As a participant, Gore receives a package of mifeprisone every week.
Nobody knows where the lab that produces it is located.
So that they don't get bombed. Suprisingly, Gore doesn't fear being a target of Right to Life groups. He says he's been providing abortions since before Roe v. Wade and the worst thing that's ever happened was having his tires slashed. But Gore gets visibly agitated when talking about the anti-abortion movement's success at keeping RU486 from women. To counter this lack of access, Gore says, he'll treat women from Santa Rosa to Santa Cruz in his private office.