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On Thursday, September 21, 2000, the Food and Drug Administration finally gave its official approval to RU-486--much to the chagrin of pro-lifers who vowed to make abortion even more of an issue in the final days before the November elections.


On Thursday Thursday: see week. , September September: see month.  21, 2000, the Food and Drug Administration finally gave its official approval to RU-486--much to the chagrin of pro-lifers who vowed to make abortion even more of an issue in the final days before the November elections. And it's no time for pro-choicers to relax their guard: a rightwing administration could--and probably would--overrule the FDA FDA
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 and once more make the mifespristone (the "abortion" pill) unavailable to U.S. women.
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Date:Nov 1, 2000
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