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president. “He will look at this FDA
ru lu j^m a different light,” she said.
lit h e pill fails, which it has seven
percent o f the time, doctors said the
woman will have no choice but to
undergo a surgical abortion.
Anti-abortion organizations have
fought to keep RU-486 out o f the
United States since the drug debuted
in France in 1988. They pledged to
continue the fight.
To ensure the pill is used accu
rately and safely, the FDA mandated
that women be given special bro
chures called “MedGuides” explain
ing who is eligible for a pill-caused
abortion and what side effects to
expect, and that they must make three
trips to the doctor to undergo the
procedure.
R U -4 8 6 , now k n ow n by its
chemical name mifepristone, can
be used only within 49 days o f the
beginning o f the woman’s last men
strual period.
T h e w o m an
ta k e s
th ree
mifepristone pills. Two days later,
she returns to the doctor to swallow
a second drug, misoprostol, that
causes uterine contractions to ex
pel the embryo. She returns for a
follow-up visit within two weeks to
make sure the abortion is complete.
The FDA will allow mifepristone
to be distributed only to doctors
trained to accurately diagnose the
duration o f pregnancy and to detect
ectopic, or tubal, pregnancies, be
cause those women cannot receive
mifepristone.
A lso , the FD A re s tric te d
mifepristone’s use to doctors who
can operate in case a surgical abor
tion is needed to finish the job or in
cases o f severe bleeding — or to
doctors who have made advance ar
rangements for a surgeon to provide
such care to their patients.
Studies show mifepristone is 92
percent to 95 percent effective in
causing early abortion, by blocking
action o f a hormone essential for
maintaining pregnancy. Without that
hormone, progesterone, the uterine
lining thins so an embryo cannot
remain implanted and grow.
The pill-induced abortion can be
painful, causing bleeding and nau
sea. Heavy bleeding is a potentially
serious side effect but one the FDA
determined is rare. In safety testing
o f the first 2,100 American women
who took mifepristone, four bled
enough to need a transfusion.
A small New York company,
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gators did not disclose a possible
motive.
Martin previously served time on
negligent homicide charges after he
shot and killed 5-year-old Charlie
Johnson. In that incident, Martin fired
through a window and the bullet went
through another window, hitting the
child.
The suspect in Thursday’s shoot
ing is a stocky black male in his
20’s, around 5’ 9", wearing a brown
short-sleeved shirt, blue je a n s,
tai after undergoing surgery.
“ 1 got blankets, towels, I tried to
wrap their heads, I tried to find the
entrance wound to stop the bleed
ing. There was nothing I could do,”
said Sean McMillen after he tried to
save his neighbor.
Police set up a perimeter in the
neighbhorhood and scoured the area
with search dogs.
The victims were both shot in the
head while sitting in their car, ac
cording to Portland police. Investi
Laurelhurst Bomb
Had a Target
Man Wanted for Rape, Sex Abuse
T he W a sh in g to n C ounty
Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation
with Crime Stoppers, is asking
for your help in locating appre
hending George Richard Gray Jr.
A felony arrest warrant, charging
Gray with Sex Abuse and Rape is
on file.
George Richard Gray Jr. is a
37-year-old white male with a
date o f birth o f March 9, 1963.
He is 5 ’4” tall and weighs ap
proximately 165 to 170 pounds
George Richard Gray Jr.
Love, a thousand, thousandvoices,
From
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to
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from dawn to night, Have cried the
passion o f their choices. To orb
your name and keep it bright.
—William Rose Benet
Danco Laboratories, will market
mifepristone under the brand name
Mifeprex. It should be available in
about a month. Abortion providers
say the pill-caused abortion should
cost the same as surgical abortion,
but a Danco spokesman refused to
confirm that Thursday.
But abortion-rights proponents
p u sh e d the FDA to approve
mifepristone, arguing a pill-caused
abortion offers a surgery alternative
that feels more like a miscarriage
and typically is offered earlier in
pregnancy than surgical abortion.
The F D A ’s d ecisio n , com ing
in the m idst o f the p resid en tial
e le c tio n c a m p a ig n , is sure to
g en erate fierce new controversy.
R e p u b lic a n c a n d id a te G eo rg e
W. B ush opposes abortion; his
fa th e r’s ad m in istratio n banned
R U -4 8 6 from th is c o u n try in
1989. T he pro-choice C linton-
G ore a d m in istratio n worked for
seven years to bring mifepristone
here.
In 1994, F rench m anufacturer
R o u sse l-U c la f turned over U .S.
rig h ts to the drug to the n o n
p r o f it P o p u la tio n C o u n c il o f
N ew Y ork, w hich launched U .S.
c lin ic a l trials needed for FDA
c le a ra n ce . A lth o u g h the FDA
ac tu a lly declared m ifep risto n e
a safe and e ffe c tiv e a b o rtio n
m ethod in 1996, final approval
was d elayed until now.
A new traffic plan may provide relief
for drivers who cross into Oregon from
Clark County every morning.
State highway officials on Wednes
day approved installing a new carpool
lane on southbound Interstate 5.
Oregon installed carpool lanes 1-5
two years ago. and now Washington is
ready to give them a shot, as well. The
lanes will be reserved for vehicles car
rying at least 2 people.
Construction is well under way to
create the additional 1-5 lanes. One of
the new southbound lanes will be set
aside during the especially jammed
morning commute as a carpool lane.
Debate
B ush c ritic iz e d G ore o v er the
f u n d - r a is in g s c a n d a ls o f the
C lin to n e r a . H e m e n tio n e d
G o re ’s co n tro v e rsia l v isit to a
B u d d h ist tem ple, w here robed
p rie sts later m ade d o n ations, and
said G ore n eed ed to take re sp o n
sib ility fo r w hat w ent on in the
W hite H ouse.
“I believe they’ve moved that sign,
‘The Buck Stops Here,’ from the
Oval Office desk to the Lincoln
Bedroom, and that’s not right,” Bush
said.
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support Governor Bush’s prescrip
tion drug proposal,” he said. “They
oppose mine.”
Bush made a sour face when he
heard that, and in his next breath
offered a swift rebuttal.
“I’ve been standing up to Big Hol
lywood and Big Trial Lawyers,” he
shot back, mentioning two groups
that have lavished campaign dona
tions on Gore and Democrats.
Stepping onto the podium a few
minutes before the debate began,
the vice president blew a kiss in the
direction o f his wife, Tipper, a re
minder o f the embrace they shared
on stage at the convention six weeks
ago. Gore and Bush shook hands
twice, once before debating and then
afterwards.
Each man came equipped with a
refrain.
For Bush, it was the accusation
that Gore was practicing “ fuzzy
math” with his attacks, sometimes
rendered as “ fuzzy W ashington
math.”
For Gore, it was a loud, audible
sigh, meant to convey profound
skepticism over Bush’s claims about
the economy, prescription drugs and
other issues.
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debate’s closing moments, when
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with green eyes, brown hair that is
graying and balding, and tattoos or
his upper arm and forearm. Gray,
who has family and friends in the
Stayton, Salem, and North Portlanc
area and was last known to be driving
either as white Pontiac Firebird oi
an unknown make pickup, should be
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Several hours after the first shoot
ing, Sherveil LaRay Moorer was shot
in the chest in another area o f North
Portland.
Police said the 26-year-old was
shot near the 4600 block o f North
Vancouver after leaving his father’s
house to shop at a nearby store at
about 11 p.m. Moorer crawled to
the doorstep with a gunshot wound
to his chest and tried to mumble
something to his father.
Police investigated three murders
that happened within hours o f each
other and within 10 blocks in North
Portland Thursday afternoon.
In the first shooting, a father and
son were killed as they sat in a car
parked on North Congress Avenue.
Police searched fora gunman who
apparently fled on foot.
Myron Dean Govan, 46, died at
the scene. His son, 28-year-old
Darius Mendel Martin, died late
Thursday at Legacy Emanuel hospi-
The explosion that shook the
Laurelhurst community recently was
not a random act of violence, police
said.
A local resident was injured when he
kicked the explosive in his driveway.
”1 don’t think the neighbors out there
or other people have to be concerned
about that, as far as some type of random
act affecting them,” said Police Lt.
Mike Hefley.
However, police would not disclose
v ho they suspect was the target o f the
b >mb or what the motive was.
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Saturday
O ctober 3— 1950— The first Af
rican-American lead on a television
series (Ethel Waters) appears on TV
- Beulah.
O ctober 5— 1930— The Colum
bia Broadcasting System (CBS) be
gins it’s Sunday night live radio
broadcasts o f the New Y ork Philhar
monic.
O cto b er 8— 1914— Jesse Jack-
son is bom.
October 9— 1960— The Colum
bia River pact is signed by the United
States and Canada, providing for
thejoint development ofhydro-elec-
tric power in the Northwest.
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