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- noun pharmacology The drug
mifepristone .
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Examples
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The rules HHS issued Monday do not require coverage of RU-486 and other drugs to chemically induce an abortion.
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Citing a desire to “demystify abortions for other women,” the 27-year-old created a YouTube video right after she took the RU-486 pill.
Think Progress » Rep. Trent Franks: African-Americans were better off under slavery. 2010
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Initially known as RU-486, the pill was approved for use in the U.S. in September 2000.
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Republican rhetoric suggests that this is the equivalent of requiring churches to distribute RU-486 instead of communion wafers; but that's complete nonsense.
Kelly Kleiman: Eternal Vigilance Is the Price of -- Birth Control? Kelly Kleiman 2012
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Republican rhetoric suggests that this is the equivalent of requiring churches to distribute RU-486 instead of communion wafers; but that's complete nonsense.
Kelly Kleiman: Eternal Vigilance Is the Price of -- Birth Control? Kelly Kleiman 2012
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The truth is, RU-486 is not safe, simple or easy, he says.
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Use of early medication abortion — which uses two drugs in lieu of surgery — rose from 161,000 procedures to 199,000 between 2005 and 2008; the proportion of all non-hospital abortions via early medication increased from 14% to 17%; 59% of all known abortion providers now offer the pills — RU-486, known as mifepristone, and misoprostol.
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Use of early medication abortion — which uses two drugs in lieu of surgery — rose from 161,000 procedures to 199,000 between 2005 and 2008; the proportion of all non-hospital abortions via early medication increased from 14% to 17%; 59% of all known abortion providers now offer the pills — RU-486, known as mifepristone, and misoprostol.
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The truth is, RU-486 is not safe, simple or easy, he says.
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Republican rhetoric suggests that this is the equivalent of requiring churches to distribute RU-486 instead of communion wafers; but that's complete nonsense.
Kelly Kleiman: Eternal Vigilance Is the Price of -- Birth Control? Kelly Kleiman 2012
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