12-02-2003, 08:57 PM
Hold on, hold on PIX. This is exactly what I mean, the media and everything never get the facts straight. Let me set the record straight.
RU486 IS AN ABORTION PILL. If you are pregnant, you take this pill, it induces a miscarriage.
The morning after pill is more like the birth control pill, it's basically hormones. If you have a slip up, say the condom breaks or you just are drunk or something, it's a pill or series of pills that you take within 72 hours. It prevents ovulation, that is, the sperm never reaches the egg and no fertilization occurs in the first place. It's essentially emergency birth control. If you start it within 24 hours, there's like a 95% chance of preventing pregnancy, 80-something after 48 hours, and the percentage just keeps reducing the longer you wait. It is NOT an abortion pill, it prevents fertilization from occuring in the first place. There is absolutely no relationship between RU486 and the morning after pill.
RU486 IS AN ABORTION PILL. If you are pregnant, you take this pill, it induces a miscarriage.
The morning after pill is more like the birth control pill, it's basically hormones. If you have a slip up, say the condom breaks or you just are drunk or something, it's a pill or series of pills that you take within 72 hours. It prevents ovulation, that is, the sperm never reaches the egg and no fertilization occurs in the first place. It's essentially emergency birth control. If you start it within 24 hours, there's like a 95% chance of preventing pregnancy, 80-something after 48 hours, and the percentage just keeps reducing the longer you wait. It is NOT an abortion pill, it prevents fertilization from occuring in the first place. There is absolutely no relationship between RU486 and the morning after pill.