In a woman's body, the natural hormone known as progesterone is essential for establishing and maintaining a pregnancy. RU 486 is the first of a new generation of birth control drugs called "anti- antiprogestins;" an antagonist of progesterone. It is administered in the form of two pills taken in the time span of two days. Thi

A new question has emerged as a result of these disputes: when does life begin? Pro-life and anti-choice advocates claim that life begins immediately upon conception, while pro-choice advocates contradict them with claims that life begins only at birth, or at the earliest a few months before (when the danger of abortion is too great). It is the general opinion however, that life begins around the third or fourth month of a pregnancy. This is an advantage for Ru-486, which can only be administered within the first 9 weeks of pregnancy. The pill is justified through claims that nine weeks is way too early for life to have begun. The truth behind these claims is nonetheless inconclusive, and there is still no way of knowing when exactly life does begin.

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