[2] The organization, and Ellertson's work in it, is recognized as instrumental in the FDA approval of the abortion inducing pill RU-486.
[4] Growing up in South Africa, Ellertson was exposed to women's health issues at an early age.
[4][6] Ellertson became interested in women's health through her background of growing up in South Africa.
She then worked as the Director of Reproductive Health for Latin America and the Caribbean in Mexico City for the final four years.
Ellertson had many published articles, books, and reports and concentrating on emergency contraception and medical abortion.
Caroll Ellertson who was a Lutheran minister and missionary in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.