A Private Matter

Lader, president of Abortion Rights Mobilization (ARM) and founder of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (presently known as the National Abortion Rights Action League), updates readers on the status of RU 486, the morning-after abortifacient, in the United States. Under Lader's guidance, ARM orchestrated the 1993 trip to London of pregnant Leona Benten to procure and bring RU 486, an unapproved drug, into the United States under the personal use exemption. ARM...
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Lader, president of Abortion Rights Mobilization (ARM) and founder of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (presently known as the National Abortion Rights Action League), updates readers on the status of RU 486, the morning-after abortifacient, in the United States. Under Lader's guidance, ARM orchestrated the 1993 trip to London of pregnant Leona Benten to procure and bring RU 486, an unapproved drug, into the United States under the personal use exemption. ARM also arranged for expedited US production of the drug after the French patent-holding company exercised foot-dragging methods to stall the drug's entry into the US market. About half this book is a history of abortion; the other half is on RU 486, world overpopulation, and the attacks on US women's health clinics by anti-abortionists. Lader continually emphasizes that nothing short of total struggle will achieve justice. His fighting spirit is as evident here as it has been throughout his career. Recommended for all libraries. -Library JournalLader's book makes the movement for abortion rights come alive. -Eleanor Smeal, The Feminist Majority Report. . . an informative history. Lader is a lucid writer whose firsthand knowledge of the movement's history is evident. -Kirkus ReviewsA fascinating autobiographical history of the abortion rights movement in the United States. -INsider. . . an important addition to the history of the abortion rights movement. -Chicago Medicine