The abortion pill's creator, Etienne-Emile Baulieu, was 98 years old when he passed away at home in Paris on Friday, according to his wife, who spoke to AFP. 

In addition to fighting in the French resistance and making friends with artists like Andy Warhol, the doctor and researcher who gained international recognition for his work that resulted in the pill had a busy life.

“His research was guided by his commitment to the progress made possible by science, his dedication to women’s freedom, and his desire to enable everyone to live better, longer lives,” Baulieu’s wife Simone Harari Baulieu said in a statement.

French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to his life, calling him “a beacon of courage” and “a progressive mind who enabled women to win their freedom”.

“Few French people have changed the world to such an extent,” he added in a post on X.

Baulieu's most well-known finding contributed to the development of the oral medication RU-486, commonly referred to as mifepristone, which gave millions of women worldwide a safe and affordable substitute for surgical abortion.

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