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Alice Verhoeven, the clinic director at the Boston center for Planned Parenthood, said that the medical abortion caused by RU 486 requires the woman to visit the clinic three times...
...RU 486, whose generic name is mifepristone, has already been approved for use in such countries as China, Great Britain and Sweden. It has not yet been tested and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the United States...
...total of 2100 American women will be tested at 12 sites nation-wide using a combination of RU 486 and a drug called misoprostol. The women will be given the same dosage that has been administered to 52,000 women in France...
...RU 486 is only effective during the first few weeks of pregnancy. It induces a miscarriage by interfering with the production of the hormone progesterone, which helps soften the lining of the uterus. Without progesterone, the surface of the uterus breaks down, causing menstruation and expulsion of the fertilized...
...RU 486 is more effective when used in conjunction with the drug misoprostol, which helps the uterine lining slough off by inducing muscle contractions...