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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 09:21 PM Jul 2015

'Abortion pill' legalised in Canada

Canadian health authorities have approved the drug RU-486, commonly known as the abortion pill.
The pill, a combination of misoprostol and mifepristone, had been pending approval by Health Canada since 2012.
It has been in use in the United States since 2000 and in France since 1988.
Vicki Saporta of the National Abortion Federation called it "great news" for women in Canada but anti-abortion campaigners disagreed, calling it a "human pesticide".
The pill causes a medically induced abortion earlier in the pregnancy than most surgical abortions. Earlier terminations are considered safer than late term abortions by pro-choice campaigners.
It is already available to women in about 60 countries, and has been in use in the UK for almost a quarter century.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33724059

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'Abortion pill' legalised in Canada (Original Post) Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 OP
"anti-abortion campaigners disagreed, calling it a "human pesticide". BlueJazz Jul 2015 #1
 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
1. "anti-abortion campaigners disagreed, calling it a "human pesticide".
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 09:27 PM
Jul 2015

Yeah, well most intelligent men and women don't like your stupid, illogical asses either.

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