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...focusing debate on the very earliest weeks of pregnancy, mifepristone does force pro-lifers to refine their arguments. "It's a whole new ball game for people in this movement," says Judith Brown, president of the Virginia-based American Life League. She hopes to convince people that even though the fetal material being expelled doesn't look like a baby, it is still an unborn child. "We will have to personalize the egg," she says. By the time a woman misses a period, sees her doctor and confirms the pregnancy, opponents note, there are already distinct signs of life. "Brain...
...Chavkin, an ob-gyn at Columbia School of Public Health. In 1998, when the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation polled family practitioners about their interest in using mifepristone once it was approved and available, 45% of doctors responding said they were "very" or "somewhat" likely to use it--even though only 3% of them had performed surgical abortions...
...even though mifepristone has won federal approval, the current patchwork of state laws still applies. Some states require any doctor who performs abortions to register with the state and report every procedure he does. Some have rules about the design of offices where abortions occur or require that the fetal remains be examined by a doctor. In North Dakota, the law requires that remains be buried or cremated...
...group. For the general population, the pill is a new option, but not an easy one. It is not likely to be less expensive than surgical abortion, given the number of doctor's visits and the possibility that the pills will sell for $200. And it is not as though you take a pill and the baby disappears. Medical abortion, as opposed to surgical, is a multistep process, requiring three visits to the doctor over a period of two weeks. The first visit is to make sure the pregnancy is still early enough for the pill to be used safely...
...Though the abortion debate could now land squarely back in the middle of the presidential campaign, both candidates mainly used last week's announcement to reinforce longstanding positions. While the next President can't reverse the FDA outright, he could pick an FDA commissioner and a Health and Human Services Secretary who would raise safety questions and try to tighten distribution--with the goal of making medical abortion just as hard to get as surgical abortion...