Mifepristone

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Over the years, there has been significant progress in the Women Rights Movement. Some of the more controversial notable events began during the 1960s when the Food and Drug Administration approved the first birth control pill. This gave women the freedom to plan childbearing and their careers. Andrea Tone, author of Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America stated, “The pill was believed to have been responsible for the sexual revolution and promoted promiscuity.” Although it was never proven, it was revolutionary. Historian Elaine Tyler May, author of America and the Pill wrote, “Within a few years, millions of women were using it; at a time when the population was surging, many believed that the drug would help eradicate poverty around the globe, ensure happy and stable…show more content…
An alternative to safer abortion options was approved by the FDA. The National Organization of Women state, “the problem of accessibility to abortion services has been a vexing one for reproductive rights advocates. Mifepristone offers the best solution yet to expanding the pool of providers and, ultimately, to bringing the cost of the treatment well within the means of most women.” Fast forward to present day and the Supreme Court is one vote away from overturning Roe vs. Wade and getting rid of Planned Parenthood. The bill is Senate Bill 5 and it’s designed to make safe and legal abortions impossible to access. Women’s Health Advocates have voiced their concern of the dangers of this bill and that it will take us back to a time before Roe, when women lived in fear of their own bodies and the devastating life consequences by unintended pregnancies and unsafe back-alley abortions (Gielow, 2013). While women’s rights are increasingly improving with the presence of more women in executive and high power jobs; there are still many states that are continuously attacking women’s rights.

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