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...tests supervised by Dr. Beatrice Couzinet and Dr. Gilbert Schaison, 100 women volunteers who were less than a month pregnant were given RU 486. Of these, 85 aborted within four days, largely without the discomfort and psychological problems that can accompany other forms of abortion. Because of these remarkable results, the drug is expected to be approved for use in + France and Sweden as early as next spring. In the U.S., where abortion is hotly debated, the drug's future is less certain. John Willke, the president of the National Right to Life Committee, has already referred to the drug...
...psychological consequences of this uncertainty can be significant. "We call it contragestation, not abortion," says Couzinet. "Many women think of it as an induction of a menstrual period. Compared with classical abortion, the procedure is so much better tolerated emotionally by women." RU 486 is expected to be a boon to victims of rape and incest, and to women who cannot, or do not, take the pill -- "especially," says Couzinet, "young women and teenagers whose sexual activity is very irregular and infrequent...
...again and came back for another dose the next month. No information is yet available on what effect RU 486 might have on the fetus if the drug fails to induce abortion; all of the 15 women who sustained their pregnancies after receiving the drug had clinical abortions. Dr. Couzinet hopes to improve the success rate of RU 486 even further by mixing it with small amounts of prostaglandins, biological compounds that cause the uterus to contract and help expel the embryo. That combination, the French researchers say, should provide a 100% effective form of after-the-fact birth control...
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