The RU-486 Controversy
This week, three pro-life organizations petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to take the abortion pill known as RU-486 off the market. They charge that the drug procedure that induces abortion is imperiling women's lives.
Two women recently died after taking the drug, called Mifeprex, and four other women suffered medical problems after taking the drug. The pro-life groups also charged that the drug was prematurely approved by the Food & Drug Administration two years ago. (Abortion-rights proponents were demanding rapid approval of the drug and FDA officials were apparently not courageous enough to conduct appropriate testing before yielding to the political pressure.)
The groups filing the petition against RU-486 - Concerned Women for America, the Christian Medical Association, and the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists - said they plan to lobby the White House and Congress to have the drug taken off the market.
Sandy Rios, CWA president, noted that President Bush and Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson have publicly stated that if RU-486 were found to be unsafe, they would take action against the drug.
Thank God we have a president who understands the value of all life.
The frequent outcry of militant abortion supporters is: "Keep Abortion Safe And Legal." It is readily apparent that half of that declaration bears no legitimacy whatsoever.
The abortion-rights community and the medical community that pockets multiple millions of dollars from the lucrative abortion industry have been willing to place women's lives at risk in order to maintain the status quo of abortion. And our nation's mainstream media is equally responsible for this concerted cover-up because it has been plainly willing to conceal legitimate medical studies that have identified the serious risks associated with abortion.
Shame on them all.
August 22, 2002
Jerry Falwell