European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse To your health Pill regularly but Only in Case of ii Only appears in Pill form. So far Ulmann says 2,000 women across Europe have Lesley in drug. Their reactions have not always been euphoric. As Chaison describes in these we men regardless of their age or their social status Hai e regrets somewhere. A harmless act Tuch As this is not taken simply at heart the woman retains the idea of missed a some Church officials though admittedly uninformed about the now drug Are predictably condemning it. \ comments the Rev Olivier de Dine Chin the Church \ Counselor on ethical mailers abortion in a Halver lorm is the interruption of a human life and it is while some americans would tend to agree French opinion on birth control and abortion is highly favourable and religious pronouncements on the subject Are largely ignored in a society of Roe living couples and liberated sex. In fact further research is under Way to turn the drug into a regular once a month contraceptive while re 486 is a convincing alternative to clinical abortion it cannot be relied upon currently As a regular birth control method As a contraceptive an 85 percent Success rate is not acceptable says Chaison who will say no More on current studies to explore possibilities of the drug s regular use. Personally i think it s All a matter of sociological or philosophical speculation whether or not the drug can be used As a contraceptive. The future will 1el," says Arietta Geslin another doctor at Roussel laboratories. But Many gynaecologists in Paris Are already enthusiastic about the drug s prospects. One Raymond Faraggi even goes As far As saying if in works in will be the end of contraceptives and the end of abortion. No More daily pills no More Lups you take a Pill on the 25th to 28th Day of your menstrual Cycle regularly every month. It Means the end of abortion anyway and an end to All our though Faraggi s conclusions Are Hasly the Pill does raise questions about its consequences on contraception. Will women abandon the contraceptive Pill thinking they could always take re 486 As a last resort will they be less careful about avoiding pregnancy and abandon Iljas and daily pills just As test tube babies immediately pointed to the need for now legislation so the Roussel Claf confection is bound to bring amendments to existing abortion Laws. Perhaps Hough it will fare a mile better with moral Standar bearers since it can Only intervene at the first stages in the embryo s development poll attitudes toward abortion percentage of people who say abortion. How Ulm to mint thing Ltd Imir Dutoy a Bwl Tali now com Thauan 55% 66% 40% 4t48et Ergo 47at Myoung Imri 14gorttwm h Tan. Leoda Juet latin 82alimmloimcohe 41 m73 or m\ettamat9i 48 t72 3t04 the Fertility Industry includes everything from ultrasound procedures end sperm enhancement to super owl Etory drugs and surrogate motherhood. Millions spent in Pursuit of pregnancy by Sandra Blakeslee new York times a americans Slit spend More to prevent pregnancy than to pursue it but that could soon change some 3.5 million american couples of childbearing age. One out of six couples nationwide Are a tined As infertile unable to conceive after Cue year of unprotected Intercourse. Right now their quest for Conception costs them an estimated $400 million to $500 million each year. 1 infertility is a huge Market said James Twerdahl marketing director of Fertility & genetics research co a publicly held concern working on embryo Transfer technology. It will got oven bigger Many exports say infertility is on 1hu Rise As the effects of pollution sexually transmitted diseases and postponed parenthood take their loll. Others say the Pool of infertile couples will not increase but that More people will try the new technologies rather than give up. The Fertility Industry includes everything from ultrasound procedures sperm enhancement and artificial insemination to super ovulatory drugs and surrogate motherhood. But the heart of the business these Days is in Vitro fertilization the making of test tube since 1981, when the first american if program run by or. Howard Jones of the medical College of Vagina in Norfolk delivered its first baby about 800ivf babies and 1 so if clinics have been born in the United stale about 65 of the clinics Are at University centers the rest have private funding or Are associated with commercial hospitals which Are eager for new ways to attract patients and Revenue according to the american Fertility society. Each if procedure in which mature eggs Are removed from a woman s ovary fertilized with sperm in a Perl dish and implanted into the woman s uterus costs about $4,500 to $6,000. Last year the clinics performed about 6,000 in Viltro lilo rally in Glass procedures jays Paul Manber gof Serono laboratories inc., a Randolph mass company that makes personal a drug often used to Spur ovulation in a woman who is a candidate for if. Serono is the sole american supplier of personal and had sales last year of $35 Minjon. Up from 17.2 million
