Étienne-Émile Baulieu, ‘father of the abortion pill,’ dies at 98. The drug RU-486, or mifepristone, became widely used for abortions and put Dr. Baulieu at the center of battles over ...

French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, best known as the inventor of the abortion pill, died on Friday aged 98 at his home in Paris, his institute said in a statement.

French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, best known as the inventor of the abortion pill, died on Friday aged 98 at his home in Paris, his institute said in a statement.

“I do not like abortion,” Dr. Baulieu wrote in his 1991 book, “The Abortion Pill,” written with journalist Mort Rosenblum.“But neither do I believe that women should be deprived of their ...

French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, best known as the inventor of the abortion pill, died on Friday aged 98 at his home in Paris, his institute said in a statement.

“I do not like abortion,” Dr. Baulieu wrote in his 1991 book, “The Abortion Pill,” written with journalist Mort Rosenblum. “But neither do I believe that women should be deprived of ...

French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, best known as the inventor of the abortion pill, died on Friday aged 98 at his home in Paris, his institute said in a statement.

French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, best known as the inventor of the abortion pill, died on Friday aged 98 at his home in Paris, his institute said in a statement.

French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, best known as the inventor of the abortion pill, died on Friday aged 98 at his home in Paris, his institute said in a statement.

French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, best known as the inventor of the abortion pill, died on Friday aged 98 at his home in Paris, his institute said in a statement.

French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, best known as the inventor of the abortion pill, died on Friday aged 98 at his home in Paris, his institute said in a statement.