An examination of RU 486 which looks at the side-effects, expense, media manipulation and feminist fantasy surrounding the drug. In clear prose and carefully documented statements, it describes what exactly it is; how it functions in the body; what its history and adverse effects are; whom it serves; what the long-term ethical, political and social consequences are; and what a better alternative is.


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.