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The only problem was, someone forgot to tell NASA. No sooner did the story break than the space agency issued a flurry of statements insisting that the show was not under consideration. There was something, however, in the nondenial tone of the denials coming out of NASA last week and...
Even in a town that's seen it all, the pitch being shopped around Hollywood seemed almost too good to be true. An astro-tribe of 20 strangers would go through weeks of grueling astronaut training, competing on prime-time, network TV for a chance to fly in space. An...
Since 1988, when mifepristone was first approved in Europe, abortion-rights activists have fought to introduce it to the U.S. as the first alternative to surgical abortion. The FDA under President Bush banned its import in 1989, citing safety concerns. On his third day in office, President Clinton lifted the...
Apart from the logistical and legal hurdles, there are the moral and psychological ones. Doctors who don't do abortions on principle are not likely to change their mind based on the method. Those who approve of abortion under certain circumstances will still want to see how mifepristone works, how...
Some doctors see a psychological advantage to the new procedure by giving patients the sense that the process is more natural because their body is doing the work, not a surgeon's vacuum. "My patients are usually under a lot of stress and are trying to find the appropriate action...