{"id":21554,"date":"2000-09-29T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2000-09-29T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=21554"},"modified":"2014-01-08T11:18:40","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T16:18:40","slug":"september-29-2000-fda-approves-sale-of-ru-486","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2000\/09\/29\/september-29-2000-fda-approves-sale-of-ru-486\/21554\/","title":{"rendered":" FDA Approves Sale of RU-486"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Food and Drug Administration approved the sale in the United States of RU-486, the early abortion pill. The FDA&#8217;s decision was roundly criticized by those attending the Christian Coalition&#8217;s annual meeting this weekend in Washington. The coalition has not been much in the spotlight so far this election season. But as Kim Lawton reports, coalition leaders promise their movement will be influential in November&#8217;s election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opponents, led by the nation&#8217;s Roman Catholic bishops, say the FDA&#8217;s approval of the abortion pill RU-486 will &#8220;further numb our conscience to the violence of abortion.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2000\/09\/29\/september-29-2000-fda-approves-sale-of-ru-486\/21554\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":21574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[1049,4689,9609,10519,6277,6608,1033],"class_list":["post-21554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-abortion","tag-christianity","tag-contraception","tag-food-and-drug-administration","tag-john-green","tag-pat-robertson","tag-republicans","topics-ethics","topics-health-and-medicine","faith-christian"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>September 29, 2000 ~ FDA Approves Sale of RU-486 | September 29, 2000 | Religion &amp; 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