RU-486

RU-486 is a drug that pro= duces an abortion. It is a pill taken after the mother misses her period. It can be = used up to the second month of pregnancy. It works by blocking progesterone, a c= rucial hormone during pregnancy. Without progesterone, the uterine lining does not provide food, fluid and oxygen to the tiny developing baby. The baby cannot survive. A second drug is given which stimulates the uterus to contract and expel the dead baby.

It sounds so easy… = take a pill and you abort. Easy, safe and = cheap and it benefits women. This is how RU-486, known as the abortion pill, is b= eing described. Yet, this is an issue of life and death. You must look be= yond the words to find the truth.

“Easy”

When a woman takes RU-486 she experiences severe cramping, nausea, vomiting and bleeding. Lester Hyman, a spokesman for the manufacturer of RU-486, Roussel-Uclaf, admitted “there is considerable pain with the procedure”. The emoti= onal distress, however, may have even more impact. Rather than being “over with” in a few minutes (as in a surgical abortion) this abortion could last for over a week. When the woman finally does abort, she will expel a t= iny dead human being – her baby. There will be no denying what is really aborted! Edouard Sakiz, the former president of Roussel-Uclaf admits that R= U-486 abortions involve “an appalli= ng psychological ordeal”.

So much for = “easy”.

“Safe”

In July 1996, an FDA advisory panel heard the testimony of Dr. Mark Louviere, telling of his experience treating a woman = who had taken RU-486 for an abortion. She had lost 1/2 to 2/3 of her blood. She= is just one of an estimated 15,000 to 30,000 women a year who will suffer complications from this drug. This is based on the ant= icpated rate of complications by The Population Council, who hold the patent for RU-486. Th= e anticpate a 1% to 2% complication rate, including car= diac arrest, hemorrhage, and incomplete abortions. If this f= igure is projected on the 1.5 million abortions done in this country each year, t= hat percentage represents an alarming number of women suffering complications e= very year.

“Safe” is dangerous for wo= men.

“Cheap”

In Europe, where RU-486 abortions are common, the cost= s are the same as surgical abortions because they require more staff, careful monitoring and three or more visits to the clinic or hospital. Add to this = the complication that one in 10 women fail to abort and must undergo a surgical abortion anyway.

“Cheap” just became very expensive!

“Benefits women”

RU-486 is not about benefiting women. It’s about population control. The manufacturer, Roussel-Uclaf, was very hesitant to apply for FDA approval. T= hey knew this drug created health complications that could lead to expensive lawsuits. Then the Clinton administration, because of their commitment to control of world population, stepped in to help get RU-486 approved. Unable to convince Roussel-Uclaf to begin FDA approval proceedings, a deal was negotiated where Roussel-Uclaf w= ould donate the patent for RU-486 to The Population Council. It was further negotiated that RU-486 would be able to attain FDA approval with only $8 million in drug testing trials instead of the normal $100 million or more. RU-486 was “fast tracked” through the testing process. Most dru= gs go through rigorous and lengthy testing by the FDA before gaining approval = to be prescribed to the general public. Instead of six years or more, which is typical for most drugs, the length of testing for RU-486 was reduced to six months.

Does this sound like it “benefits women”?<= /p>

This information is = from a publication by Heritage House ’76, Inc., 919 So. Main St., Snowflake, AZ 85937