RU 486
Subtitle: the pill that could end the abortion wars and why American women don't have it
By: Lawrence Lader.
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Reading, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Abortion -- Social aspects -- United States; Mifepristone -- Social aspects -- United States
Description: Discusses the development of RU 486, a drug that terminates pregnancy and can be used in treating breast cancer, endometriosis, and some brain tumors, and explains the political and moral dilemmas that have prevented RU 486 from being tested and distributed in the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-161) and index.
Table of contents: title: RU 486: “the moral property of women” -- The making of RU486 -- The people & politics of RU 486 -- Women and their reactions -- World distribution of RU 486: the role of elitism -- Other medical uses of RU 486 -- The maze of abortion politics -- “Social civil war” over RU 486 -- Privacy: “most comprehensive of rights” -- Bringing RU 486 into the United States.