Frenchman, freedom fighter, & father of the abortion pill

from Extraordinary: The Fight for Reproductive Justice

In the 1980s, this French Jewish doctor who spent his teen years fighting Nazis developed RU-486, a.k.a. the abortion pill, a.k.a. mifepristone. We take a look at where he fits into the history of reproductive science and birth control, in honor of his recent passing at age 98. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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