INGRID S. ANDERSSON

At the time the United States was the only developed country where the early abortion drugs were not available without a doctor's prescription. Ironically the drugs were even safer than the previous surgical abortion procedures where were already extremely safe. But the politics of the "culture wars" at the time obstructed scientific and medical decision making at the FDA.

At the time the United States was the only developed country where the early abortion drugs were not available without a doctor's prescription. Ironically the drugs were even safer than the previous surgical abortion procedures where were already extremely safe. But the politics of the "culture wars" at the time obstructed scientific and medical decision making at the FDA.