RU-486
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We called it RU-486, after the French company that made the drug, Roussel Uclaf.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023
The article also referred incorrectly to the medication known as RU-486, the chemical symbol for which was put on a quilt made for a character in the show who became pregnant.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2016
But the doctor does not mention any of the medicinal methods of termination, such as the RU-486 pill, which is ideal to use earlier in the gestation.
From Time • Feb. 19, 2015
RU-486, which ends an early-term pregnancy, differs from the emergency contraception “morning-after pill” that Planned Parenthood in Washington plans to dispense through virtual office visits.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2014
That means there is no change to the Catholic Church's ban on the so-called abortion pill based on the drug mifepristone or RU-486, and marketed as Mifegyne or Mifeprex.
From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2013
