Part one of term paper
? RU-486 is an abortion pill. This pill is a steroid hormone similar to the natural hormone progesterone. It is an antiprogestrone drug that blocks receptors of progesterone, a key hormone in order to start and maintain a human pregnancy. RU-486 is made up of Mifeprisone (a.k.a. RU-486) and also taken with this, is Prostaglandin’s to induce ...

Part two of term paper
... (pregnancies that the fertilized eggs grow outside of the uterus). Misoprostal causes uterine contractions and is sometimes used off-label to soften cervix when inducing labor. RU-486 was first promoted as a “morning after pill” to be used after unprotected sex. It was discovered that it was not effective early in the pregnancy before the progesterone levels had reached a critical threshold. The drug’s first large testing has only been under way in France and England. The massive field tr ...