Drugs and Devices

Abortion the Cheap Easy Way

  1 September 2006 Vol. 8, No. 34 Dear Colleague There is an inexpensive, low-hassle alternative to electric machines for surgical abortion.  Unfortunately, manual vacuum aspirators (MVAs) are becoming more common but have never been examined by the FDA for safety. Whether you are here

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FDA Prepares Sell-Out on MAP

  11 Aug 2006     Vol. 8 / No. 31 FDA Prepares Sell-Out on MAP After resisting for years feminists determined to make high-dosage steroids available to women and girls without a prescription, it seems that the Bush Administration is about to cave in to political pressure

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The Human Pesticide That Kills Mother, too

February 3, 2006 Volume 8 / Number 5 Dear Colleague: How RU-486 kills women is now explained, but pro-abortion activists aren’t halting their promotion of the drug. Steven W. Mosher President On January 28, Dr. Ralph Miech presented an explanation of how the RU-486 abortion

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Contraceptive Watch

Birth Control Patch Dangerous to Women’s Health One of the latest birth control methods, the Ortho Evra birth control patch, appears to be more dangerous to women’s health than the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) believed when it approved the device for public use. The

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Time for a RU-486 Rollback

December 2, 2005 Volume 7 / Number 47 Dear Colleague: The evidence against the safety of RU-486 is mounting, but I wouldn’t strain your ears waiting to hear women’s advocates call for its withdrawal from the market. Steven W. Mosher President Time for a RU-486

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From the Countries

RU-486 Harming Women Mifepristone (better known as RU-486) continues to be distributed and sold to unsuspecting women and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ignores the evidence showing that the drug has caused multiple deaths and hundreds of life-threatening and extremely serious medical problems. Dr.

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Under the Table: Why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Should Not Approve the Over-the Counter Distribution of Morning After Pills

Published by Population Research Institute Research by Julie Wheeland Executive Summary In May 2004, The U.S. Food and Drug Administraion (FDA) will act on Women’s Capital Corporation/Barr Laboratories application for over-the-counter (OTC) status for so-called “emergency contraception” (EC), the morning-after pill (MAP). Opposition to OTC/MAP

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From the Countries

Asian Sex Selection a Problem Sex-selective abortion continues to be a problem in many Asian countries, where sons are traditionally preferred to daughters. Two countries are trying to do something to stop unborn baby girls from being targeted for abortions based solely on their sex.

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RU 486 and Our Ties to China

October 27, 2000 Volume 2/ Number 19 Dear Friend and Colleague: What diminishes some humanity, in the end diminishes us all. Steven W. Mosher President RU 486 and Our Ties to China It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. In

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Abortion the Cheap Easy Way

  1 September 2006 Vol. 8, No. 34 Dear Colleague There is an inexpensive, low-hassle alternative to electric machines for surgical abortion.  Unfortunately, manual vacuum

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FDA Prepares Sell-Out on MAP

  11 Aug 2006     Vol. 8 / No. 31 FDA Prepares Sell-Out on MAP After resisting for years feminists determined to make high-dosage steroids available to

Read More »

Contraceptive Watch

Birth Control Patch Dangerous to Women’s Health One of the latest birth control methods, the Ortho Evra birth control patch, appears to be more dangerous

Read More »

From the Countries

RU-486 Harming Women Mifepristone (better known as RU-486) continues to be distributed and sold to unsuspecting women and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ignores

Read More »

From the Countries

Asian Sex Selection a Problem Sex-selective abortion continues to be a problem in many Asian countries, where sons are traditionally preferred to daughters. Two countries

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