In the year 1980 a french doctor by the name of Etienne-Emile invented what widely known as RU-486. RU-486 is a drug that when accompanied by the ingestion of a prostaglandin pill called misoprostol has been proven to end unwanted pregnancies. A woman seeking an abortion with the consultation and under the observation of her doctor would ingest the drug RU-486 in pill form. This drug effectively blocks the hormone progesterone, the hormone that is essential for establishing and maintaining a pregnancy. The absence of this hormone triggers the
shedding of the uterus wall as if the woman was on her period. The drug also opens the
cervix and causes mild contractions that help to expel the unborn embryo. Twenty four
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