abortion pill

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• I hate it when people try to lump abortion pills, which are legal in Europe but not here, with birth control.

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• Yesterday, Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration announced that RU486, the abortion pill, will soon be more widely available.

  Blog text (17)

• But the nurse practitioner told me I was eight weeks along, which made me eligible for a chemically induced abortion, better known as the RU-486 abortion pill.

  Unplanned (2019)

• This is why it is a problem when a doctor or a pharmacist refuses to provide abortions or dispense the abortion pill or the morning-after pill.

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• Dr. Susan Wood, a former director of the FDA's Office of Women's Health, resigned her post in August 2005 after accusing the agency of using religious rationales for opposing the sale of the morning-after abortion pill.

  Academic text (2007)

• The abortion pill is often regarded as a safe option for ending an early pregnancy.

• In the United States, the abortion pill is available through healthcare providers for those seeking to terminate a pregnancy.

Synonyms

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RU 486

vsabortion pill

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3 7.7

A medicine used to end an early pregnancy by stopping a hormone that keeps the pregnancy

is the general term for this drug class rather than a specific compound

M

mifepristone

vsabortion pill

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2 9.7

A medicine that ends early pregnancy by stopping a hormone the body needs

is the general common term for this drug type not the chemical name

A

abortion-inducing drug

vsabortion pill

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1 6.5

A drug that ends a pregnancy by causing the body to remove the unborn baby

is a specific taken drug that usually blocks progesterone in early pregnancy

A

aborticide

vsabortion pill

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9.9

A drug that makes a pregnancy end before birth

is a specific taken drug that typically works by blocking progesterone

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