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Pathfinder: RU-486

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Scope	"The FDA approved the "abortion pill" on 2000-SEP-28. It will be distributed by Danco Laboratories under the name "Mifeprex." The pill should generally be available as a prescription medication in pharmacies, with the exception of Wal-Mart, in the U.S. by late 2000-OCT." [http://www.religioustolerance.org/aboru486.htm]
General Print Sources	Devins, Neal E. Shaping Constitutional Values : Elected Government, the Supreme Court, and the Abortion Debate. Call No. : KF3771 .D48 1996 Craig, Barbara Hinkson. Abortion and American Politics. Call No. : HQ767.5.U5 C73 1993 Dworkin, R. M. Life's Dominion : an Argument about Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom. Call No. : KF9315 .D85 1993 Faux, Marian. Roe v Wade: The Untold Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision that Made Abortion Legal. Call No.: KF228.R59 F38 2001 Graber, Mark A. Rethinking Abortion : Equal Choice, the Constitution, and Reproductive Politics. Call No. : HQ767.5.U5 G734 1996 Hadley, Janet. Abortion : Between Freedom and Necessity .Call No. : HQ767 .H23 1996 Hurley, Jennifer. Ethics of Abortion. Call No.: HQ767.15 .E83 2001 Lader, Lawrence. RU 486 : the Pill that Could End the Abortion Wars and why American Women Don't Have It. Call No.: RG137.6.M53 L33 1991 Luker, Kristin. Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood. Call No.: HQ767.5.U5 L84 1984 Pojman, Louis P. Abortion Controversy: 25 Years After Roe vs Wade, A Reader. 1998. Call No. : HQ767 .A175 1998 Rainey, R. Randall. Abortion and Public Policy: An Interdisciplinary Investigation Within the Catholic Tradition. Call No.: HQ767.5.U5 A235 1996 RU 486 : the Pill that Could End the Abortion Wars and Why American Women Don't Have It / Lawrence Lader. Call No.: RG137.6.M53 L33 1991 Solinger, Rickie (ed). Abortion Wars: A Half Century of Struggle, 1950-2000. Call No.: HQ767.5.U5 A2825 1998
Subject Headings	Abortion [and subheadings] Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects Pro-choice movement Pro-life movement Mifepristone Keywords: RU-486, mifepristone, abortion, pill, morning after pill
Electronic Books	Abortion & Dialogue : Pro-choice, Pro-life, and American Law by Colker, Ruth. Bloomington Indiana University Press, 1992. When Abortion Was a Crime : Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973 by Reagan, Leslie J. Berkeley University of California Press, 1997. Abortion : A Reference Handbook Contemporary World Issues by Costa, Marie. Santa Barbara, Calif. ABC-CLIO, 1996. Abortion and American Politics by Craig, Barbara Hinkson.; O'Brien, David M. Chatham, N.J. Chatham House, an imprint of Seven Bridges, 1993. Abortion At Work : Ideology and Practice in a Feminist Clinic by Simonds, Wendy. New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Press, 1996. Contested Lives : The Abortion Debate in an American Community by Ginsburg, Faye D. Berkeley University of California Press, 1998. Moral Status : Obligations to Persons and Other Living Things Issues in Biomedical Ethics by Warren, Mary Anne. Oxford : New York Oxford University Press (UK), 1997. The Supreme Court and Legal Change : Abortion and the Death Penalty Thornton H. Brooks Series in American Law and Society by Epstein, Lee.; Kobylka, Joseph Fiske. Chapel Hill, N.C. University of North Carolina Press, 1992. Abortion and Public Policy : An Interdisciplinary Investigation Within the Catholic Tradition by Rainey, R. Randall.; Magill, Gerard Omaha, Neb. : Bronx, N.Y. Fordham University Press, 1996. Clinical Applications of Mifepristone (RU 486) and Other Antiprogestins : Assessing the Science and Recommending a Research Agenda by Benet, Leslie Z.; Donaldson, Molla S. Washington, D.C. National Academy Press, 1993.
Journals	Project Muse - Search JSTOR - Search Abortion Rights News / Yahoo News Magazines: US News & World Report, Time, Commonweal, Nation, etc. Christianity Today is available as follows: [from 10/26/1992 to present in General Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP] [from 1/15/1988 to present in ProQuest Religion, ProQuest Research Library] [from 1/1/1994 to 8/1/2000 in Wilson Select Plus] Ethics is available as follows: [from 1938 to 2001+ in JSTOR] [from 1/1/1997 to present in ProQuest Research Library, ProQuest Religion, General Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP] Ethics & Medicine is available from 4/1/2001 to present in ProQuest Research Library. FDA Consumer is available as follows: [from 5/1/1984 to present in Business & Company ProFile ASAP] [from 2/1/1988 to present in ProQuest Research Library] [from 1/1/1994 to present in Wilson Select Plus] [from 1/1/1984 to present in General Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP] [from 1/1/1984 to 7/1/2001 in Health Reference Center Academic] Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics is available as follows: [from 4/1/1999 to present in Wilson Select Plus] [from 3/22/1998 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP, Health Reference Center Academic, General Reference Center Gold] [from 1/1/1997 to present in ProQuest Research Library] Journal of Medical Ethics is available as follows: [from 4/1/1999 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP, Health Reference Center Academic] [from 3/1/1992 to present in ProQuest Research Library] Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal Journal of Philosophy is available from 1921 to 1995 in JSTOR. Philosophy & Public Affairs is available from 2001 to present in Project Muse. Scientific American is available as follows: [from 1/1/2000 to present in ProQuest Research Library] [from 1/1/1998 to present in Wilson Select Plus]
Indexes & Databases	Access Science: Online Encyclopedia of Science and Technology America: History and Life ArticleFirst Books in Print Cambridge Scientific Abstracts / Biological and Medical Sciences Congressional Universe ECO - OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online Database--OCLC Encyclopedia of Philosophy Expanded Academic ASAP, 1980- Facts .com FindArticles.com Health Reference Center - Academic, 1996- InfoTrac OneFile Lexis-Nexis [Current Issues, Academic, Congressional] MEDLINE National Newspaper Index, Last 3 years- NetFirst Database--OCLC NewsBank Philosopher's Index ProQuest Direct PsycINFO, 1887- PubMed WilsonSelectPlus WorldCat
Internet Resources	Abortion--All Sides of the Issue EarlyOptionPill.com / Mifeprex(TM), DANCO Laboratories Ethics Updates - Abortion Federal Food and Drug Administration Feminist Majority Campaign for RU486 and Contraceptive Research Mifepristone Information / FDA Human Rights International [Catholic] Issues & Controversies: RU-486 /facts.com Catholics United for Life Mifepristone Links / Yahoo New York Times Articles on Abortion NOW and Abortion Rights/ Reproductive Issues National Right to Life Committee Planned Parenthood / mifepristone FAQ Population Council [search mifepristone] RU-486 Files RU 486 / Childbirth by Choice Trust, 1996

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