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

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

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

It is a chemical relative to RU-486, the abortion pill, and some mystery remains over how it works.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2010

It is a chemical relative to RU-486, the abortion pill, and some mystery remains over exactly how it works.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2010