ADVANCE/Fibroids, Dangerous to Women: RU-486 May Provide Cure; Will Governor Bush Ban it?Metro Editors and Medical/Lifestyle Writers ADVANCE...for release 12 pm ET, March 1 (ADVANCE)NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 29, 2000 Fibroids Fibroids Benign tumors of muscle and connective tissue that develop within or are attached to the uterine wall. Mentioned in: Menstrual Disorders , an illness affecting 20 to 25 percent of woman of reproductive age, and leading to one-third of 500,000 hysterectomies done annually, are now being treated successfully with the abortion pill RU-486 (mifepristone Mifepristone Definition Mifepristone is a pill that can be taken as an alternative to a surgical abortion. Purpose This medication most often is used for ending early pregnancies. ) at the University of Rochester The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. The university is one of 62 elected members of the Association of American Universities. . "These studies may well provide a significant cure and prove an important alternative use of RU-486," states Lawrence Lader, president of Abortion Rights Mobilization (ARM) which manufactures RU-486 in the U.S. Another research project providing abortions for over 5,000 women at fifteen nationwide hospitals and clinics has been conducted by ARM for years. Governor George Bush has pledged to oppose commercial approval of RU-486 if he becomes president, thus blocking a cure for fibroids that could benefit thousands of women. Sonogram son·o·gram n. An image, as of an unborn fetus, produced by ultrasonography. Also called echogram, sonograph, ultrasonogram. pictures showing improvement for fibroid fibroid /fi·broid/ (fi´broid) 1. having a fibrous structure; resembling a fibroma. 2. fibroma. 3. leiomyoma. 4. in the plural, a colloquial term for leiomyoma of the uterus. patients will be shown to the media at the press conference on March 1, 11:00 A.M. at 2 West 64th Street. To Implement and Guarantee A Woman's Right to Legal Abortion as Decreed by the U.S. Supreme Court Tax-exempt under Sec 501(c)3. end of text. (End of advance for release 12 pm ET, March 1) |
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