ru 486

Roussel Uclaf 38486 (RU 486), also known as mifepristone, has become a major focal point in today’s society. RU 486 has one primary purpose, to abort an unborn child from its mother’s womb. RU 486 has various projected uses that may be both beneficial and hazardous.
Etienne-Emile Baulieu (1991) defines RU 486 as “a chemical compound that, taken in pill form, can induce abortion in women up to nine weeks pregnant. This compound gets the first part of its name from French company, Roussel Uclaf, which first developed the abortion pill back in 1980. The “486� designation is the shortened version of the original “38486� compound number that the pill was assigned in the Roussel Uclaf laboratory.”
According to Daniel S. Levy (2000), mifepristone originated in France in 1980. In 1982, the Roussel Uclaf laboratory reported its first successful human testing of RU 486. In 1983, the population council received FDA approval to test RU 486 in the United States for six years, during which 300 women received the drug at the University of Southern California. The French Health Ministry went on to approve RU 486, combined with prostaglandin, in 1988, to use for medical abortion. (Gibbs 2000) The drug did



	RU 486 Roussel Uclaf 38486 (RU 486), also known as mifepristone, has become a major focal point in today 's society. RU 486 has one primary .... (1222 5 )

	The Abortion Pill Is the abortion pill RU 486 equal to Clinical Abortion? .... Mainly the abortion pill RU 486 is capable of passing a fetus without surgical intervention. .... (407 2 )

	Abortion .... Negative effects on the mother 's body can also stem from using abortion methods, such as the use of RU 486, a controversial abortion pill and a increased .... (1199 5 )

	Abortion Awareness .... forceps to remove the fetus. " Just like everything else in society, there is a more "convenient " type of abortion known as the RU-.... abortion pill. .... (888 4 )

	Abortion: Pro-Life .... RU 486 and Methotrexate are two similar types of chemical abortion. RU 486 is a pill that can be taken orally only during the five to nine week period. .... (1123 4 )

In conclusion, RU 486 has both benefits, and consequences to its use. I believe that it is a woman’s right to choose whether or not to carry her unborn child to term. Although many antiabortion activists call this drug both “immoral and unsafe”, who are they to dictate what a woman should do with her body? I believe that if a woman is of age, both physical age and emotional age, then she should be allowed to excercise her right to choose her destiny.

Anti-abortionists call the drug “immoral and unsafe”, and “vowed to try to dissuade doctors from dispensing the drug and discourage women from taking it.” (Lisa Richwine Reuters) Antiabortion groups have also threatened to boycott any large chains (i.e. Wal Mart, Kmart) if they were to fill prescriptions containing the RU 486 drug. (Patricia Miller 1999)

In June of 1989, President George Bush issued an import ban against the drug. He cited that the drug could result in widespread health problems. Then, when President Clinton took office in 1993, he lifted the ban on RU 486 that was previously imposed by President Bush. Finally, seven years later, after many tests and trials, the FDA approved RU 486 in September 2000.

Some topics in this essay:
Abortion, RU, Abortifacient, Pregnancy, Medical Abortion, Prostaglandin, George W Bush, Mifepristone, FDA, Reuters,

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PROFESSIONAL ESSAYS:

HOECHST-ROUSSEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC HOECHST-ROUSSEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.: RU 486 Hoeschst-Roussel has developed a drug, RU 486, that causes a fertilized egg that has already implanted on the .... (918 4 )

RU486 and Regulations .... "The Fight to Make Mifepristone (RU-....) Available to US Women: A Brief Chronology." Campaign for RU 486 & Contraceptive Research. 2000. . Habermas, Jurgen. .... (1029 4 )

Elements of the Abortion Controversy .... Levathes explored the history of RU 486 in Europe and indicated that it has not lived up to expectations there. .... Listening to RU 486. Health, 9, 86 90. .... (2334 9 )

Abortion and Killing .... However, RU-...., the "Early Abortion" pill, is not acceptable because it does cause an abortion, and is effective up to 49 days after the beginning of the last .... (955 4 )

Women's Health Care China .... Many women are having abortions in China, where the abortion pill RU-.... has been available for eight years (Family, 2000, 1). However, because of lack of .... (1274 5 )

Abortions Are Immoral .... induced abortions, never long out of the news, has become even more important recently because of the legalization in the United States of RU-...., which allows .... (1940 8 )

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