RU-486 and Medical Abortion

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Information and Experience with Medical Abortion - Offers a comparative look on how abortion is approached in Austria, and the use of mifepristone to induce abortions.

Mifepristone Information - Program to educate and instruct health care professionals, including physicians, nurses, assistants, counselors, and office staff, in the safe and effective administration of mifepristone/misoprostol for early medical abortion.

Mifepristone (RU-486): The Medical Abortion - Student paper describes and summarizes the issues surrounding this procedure.

Nonsurgical (Medical) Abortion - Pro-choice views on nonsurgical abortion, as well as advice on obtaining medical abortion without surgery, using methotrexate or RU-486. From About.com.

Prescribe Choice: Working for Emergency Contraception and Mifepristone - Join the campaign to increase campus availability of Mifepristone and EC.

RU486 and the Abortion Issue, by Cartoonists - Collection of political cartoons about the abortion issue from newspaper editorial cartoonists around the world.

The RU-486 Files - Articles and newsclippings, books and other resources about RU-486, mostly from a pro-life perspective.

RU-486: Malpractice Attorneys Should Prepare - Pro-life essayist predicts that FDA approval of the French abortion pill will provide a challenge to plaintiff attorneys. From About.com.

The Abortion Cocktail - Essay on non-surgical abortion with methotrexate, mifepristone, and other chemical agents, by Bernard N. Nathanson. (January, 1996)