11.   No drug company has applied for permission to market the pill, either fearing boycotts or doubting its profitability.

12.   Fearing a boycott of all its products by abortion opponents, the French firm Roussel-Uclaf decided not to market the pill itself in the United States.

13.   The explosiveness of the abortion issue is the main reason why drug companies have not sought permission from the US government to market the pills.