Physiological and Psychological Effects of RU-486 are Less Severe than the Effects of Other Types of Abortions RU-486, an abortion in a pill, medically called an abortifacient, was developed in France by Rousell Uclaf. This procedure of abortion has less psychological pressure and its physiological effects are also less severe than traditional surgical abortions. It can be used only up to 49 days after a women’s last menstrual cycle, making women choose before the embryo …showed first 75 words of 1029 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1029 total…abortions. In any way abortions will occur, having RU-486 will keep woman unharmed and provide an easier, more involved way of dealing with the emotional pain. Works Cited "Abortion in the Form of a Pill." Newsweek. 17 April 1989: 61. Lader, Lawrence. RU-486 The Pill That Could End the Abortion Wars and why American Women Don’t Have It. Addison-Wesly, 1991. Lake, Alice. "The New French Pill." McCall’s March 1990: 58-63. Stetson, Brad, ed. The Silent Subject. Westport: Praeger, 1996.