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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: abortion pill

abortion pill stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Italy has legalized the abortion drug RU-486, drawing the ire of the Vatican, which threatened to excommunicate doctors who prescribe the medication and women who take it. A church official said using the pill is "a sin in a moral and juridical sense," but a politician who is... More »

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abortion • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Italy • Vatican • morning after pill • mifepristone • abortion pill • Roman Catholic Church • abortion pills • RU-486

(AP) - The Food and Drug Administration will allow 17-year-olds to get the "morning-after" birth control pill without a doctor's prescription. The agency said today it would not appeal a federal judge's recent order overturning restrictions imposed during the Bush administration. The judge had ruled that Bush appointees let politics, not... More »

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Bush administration • abortion • FDA • birth control • Plan B • teen pregnancy • morning after pill • abortion pill

Abortion Pill Maker in Tainted Drug Scandal

Paralyzing meds made by Chinese firm that sells all RU-486 in US

Jan 31, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A Chinese pharmaceutical giant which exports the abortion pill RU-486 to the US is accused of producing tainted cancer medication and of attempting a cover-up.  Shanghai Hualian's tainted drugs left 200 Chinese leukemia patients hospitalized, some paralyzed, reports the New York Times. There's no indication US shipments of RU-486... More »

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FDA • Pfizer • leukemia • Shanghai Hualian • mifepristone • abortion pill • Danco Laboratories • cover up • contaminated drugs

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