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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Australia's parliament on Thursday stripped regulatory control of an abortion drug from the country's health minister — a staunch Roman Catholic who once warned of an "epidemic" of abortion in Australia.
The issue has created a fierce debate across the political spectrum and has drawn the attention of activists in the United States and Europe.
The Senate voted 45-28 last week to take regulatory authority over the abortion pill mifepristone — also known as RU-486 — away from Health Minister Tony Abbott and hand it to the country's main drug regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
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