The controversial RU 486 pill, which proponents call a boon for a womans right to choose and opponents call human insecticide, wont be among contraceptives provided to Kentucky public university students. But its more of a technicality than heated opposition that will keep it off campuses. At Western Kentucky University, where students easily can get condoms and other birth control products, there has been little discussion about the drug. Weve had very little time to address the issue, but Ive been monitoring the situation by looking at other schools actions and reading up on the consequences of the drug, Western health education coordinator Kathryn Steward said. But for many Kentucky public universities, its less a question of debate and more a lack of proper facilities. When the Food and Drug Administration approved Mifepristones use in the United States after 10 years of battles between abortion-rights and anti-abortion groups, the agency acknowledged the drug has the potential to require a surgical abortion to complete the process. Because of that, the federal government sets guidelines governing who can administer the drug and requires that those who do administer it have facilities that would allow for surgical abortion in the case of complications. University of Kentucky in Lexington and the University of Louisville both have the facilities but are prohibited by state law from performing abortions. So we cant hand it out because we cant perform abortions, the schools Chandler Medical Center spokeswoman Mary Margaret Colliver said. At other schools, its a dollars-and-cents issue. We dont have the set up or the budget for that, said Shobna Joshi, University Health Services director for Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. We would send patients to either the health department or to Planned Parenthood. Nationwide, other schools also are grappling with the topic, according to Fox News. Administrators at Emory University in Atlanta, University of Georgia at Athens and the entire Florida public university system have decided to leave the prescribing of RU 486 to the health department and private physicians. Several university administrators, including Florida Atlantic University health chief Cathie Wallace, arent basing their decision solely on not having the right set up, saying the schools choice not to offer the abortion pill is because the drug is abortion … not contraception. RU 486 is a steroid hormone that induces abortion in the early stages of pregnancy without surgery. Developed by Dr. Etienne-Emile Baulieu for the French pharmaceutical company Roussel-Uclaf, RU 486 is considered the first of a new generation of birth control technology.