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LDP Members Fret over Easier Access to Abortion Pill Mefeego
Conservative members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on July 25 expressed concerns over a health ministry plan to ease the current requirements around the use of Mefeego (mifepristone/misoprostol), Japan’s first abortion pill approved last year. The Ministry of…
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