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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhatever happened to the abortion pill RU486?
I would think that this could be used while all those men in the South try to masturbate and nothing happens?
Freddie
(9,283 posts)Actually 2 different meds taken at different times. This is something that COULD be a matter of picking it up at your local CVS, but of course the anti-choicers made sure that a woman has to jump through the exact same hoops for this as she does for a surgical procedure.
KitSileya
(4,035 posts)Unfortunately, it does nothing for those who discover they are pregnant too late, (someone with PCOS, for example, may have incredibly irregular periods, and the condition is often a cause of obesity, so ...) or where a wanted pregnancy has to be terminated due to fetal abnormalities or helath issues like cancer. I am uncertain whether it works on ectopic pregnancies which under the new laws will only be aborted when the pregnant person is at death's door. It will significantly reduce their fertility because the new laws insist that an ectopic pregnancy only be aborted once one ovary is destroyed, because is the bleeding from said destruction that is fatal unless treated.
Most importantly of all, RU486 only works effectively if you're under 175lbs. The average weight of women in the US is 170lbs.
Crunchy Frog
(26,724 posts)I forsee the development of a large black market for these drugs in those states.
sinkingfeeling
(51,501 posts)I have had psoriasis since age 10 and was given methotrexate to clear my skin in the 1970s. It's a powerful drug and I was told not to get pregnant due to the chances of miscarriage or severe birth defects. Well, that all powerful gawd thought it would be funny for my birth control to fail and I became pregnant.
I had a legal abortion when I was around 6 weeks. I have never had a single regret.
Sgent
(5,857 posts)has no contraindication due to weight that I've found in the literature. Plan B / The morning after pill does but its a different medication.
https://www.rxlist.com/mifeprex-ru486-drug.htm#indications
roamer65
(36,748 posts)Just a well known fact about the drug.
Sgent
(5,857 posts)and widely used. In most US states however it can only be used at an abortion facility (not your family doctor's). In addition it has a 5-10% failure rate which then requires a D&C.