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Ru486: Misconceptions, Myths and Morals - Softcover

Dumble, Lynette Joy; Klein, Renate; Raymond, Janice G.

 
9781875559015: Ru486: Misconceptions, Myths and Morals

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A classic text for health activists and feminists interested in the complexities of how drugs are developed, marketed, and sold to women around the world, this book reviews the unusual history of the French abortion pill RU-486. Critical of the positive claims made for RU-486, it argues that its promotion is filled with myths and misconceptions. Scrutinizing the science and politics behind RU-486, this account examines how the pill benefits the medical profession, drug companies, and government health economies and offers no advantage to women. Topics include the safety and effectiveness of RU-486, whether or not RU-486 privatizes and de-medicalizes abortion, and the dangerous effects of prostaglandins. This updated edition includes a new introduction.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Renate Klein is the cofounder and the director of Spinifex Press. She is a former associate professor of women's studies at Deakin University and the author of several books, including Australia for Women, Cat Tales, and Girl's Best Friend. Janice G. Raymond is a longtime feminist scholar-activist on violence against women and sexual exploitation. She is the recipient of the International Woman Award from the Zero Tolerance Trust in the UK and the author of Passion for Friends, Sexual Liberals and the Attack on Feminism, and Transsexual Empire. She lives in Montague, Massachusetts. Lynette Dumble is the founder and the international director of the Global Sisterhood Network. She is a former senior research fellow in the University of Melbourne's department of surgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and a former visiting professor of surgery at the University of Texas–Houston.

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