1.   When Bush came to the Oval Office, the abortion pill had been approved for the Market.

2.   As much anticipated as Mifeprex, the abortion pill, is, doctors seem just as anxious to get their hands on an instruction manual.

3.   Both made it clear that they would move slowly in attempting to legally restrict abortion, and ducked the issue of overturning FDA approval of the abortion pill.

4.   A dispute between the groups working to bring the French abortion pill to American women is threatening to create further delays in making the drug, mifepristone, available.

5.   ABORTION PILL IS CLOSER TO MARKET Three years ago, it seemed inevitable that the French abortion pill would soon be sold on the American market.

6.   Advocates of the abortion pill say the complications are less severe than those with surgical abortions.

7.   Agency officials today said they would treat the abortion pill the same as any other new drug, and would not predict when it might receive approval.

8.   Clearly, they said, they would not offer the abortion pill.

9.   Clinical testing of the abortion pill is scheduled to begin this fall in the United States.

10.   However, anti-abortion groups have promised to picket and boycott any drug company that manufactures or distributes abortion pills.