New RU-486 pill now available

SLP2000120102- 01 DECEMBER 2000- GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, USA: The Hope Center for Women is the first area abortion clinic to distribute the new Mifeprex pill that terminates a pregnancy, December 1. The pill commonly refered to as RU-486 was approved in September and can be taken by women up to the seventh week of pregnancy. The drug blocks the hormone that sustains the embryo and then unhooks it from the uterine wall. rw/bg/Bill Grenblatt UPI