The Abortion Pill
Researchers are finding an alternative [to abortion] that is safe, cheap and very difficult for governments to restrict — misoprostol, a medication originally intended to prevent stomach ulcers…
This pharmaceutical approach is called “medical abortion.” In the United States and Europe it typically consists of two sets of “M” pills…
Using the drugs in combination produces a miscarriage more than 95 percent of the time in early pregnancy.
See the full article on the abortion pill.
As with so many difficult issues, problem solved with a pill.
Just think. No more protestors outside of abortion clinics. No more abortion doctors getting killed. Roe v. Wade would effectively become irrelevant. No more women seeking abortions getting harassed. A lot of problems would go away.
Now this would deffinetly give a preacher stress.
Pardon me, but misoprostol, RU-486 and other medical options aren’t an alternative to induced abortion; they are a means of induced abortion.
I am very pro-choice, but misconceptions help no one.
One has to wonder whether these pills will ultimately reduce the birthrate by making abortion easier; or if their availability will cause couples to take greater risks — some of whom will decide to carry the pregnancy to term.