Nearly 10 years after FDA granted it approval, the debate surrounding the abortion medication mifepristone continues to be divisive, the AP/New York Times reports. The medication -- originally known as RU-486 and now marketed as Mifeprex -- was approved by FDA on Sept. 28, 2000. Since then, it has been used by nearly 1.4 million U.S. women and accounts for about 25% of U.S. abortions performed within in the first nine weeks of pregnancy. According to the AP/Times, about 184,000 U.S. women used the drug in 2008, an increase from 55,000 in 2001, despite a stagnant abortion rate...
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