BF2S Forums Ru-486

There was a lot of debate about RU-486 in the States for a while, but it has died down.  The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approved RU-486 in 2000.  YOu don't really hear much about it anymore here. (at least I don't)

Fine by me.  It's a consenting decision that the mother has to make when going to a Planned Parenthood clinic.  They are told of the pros and cons of the non-surgical drug (which usually involves a lot of pain plus counseling for what they are about to do), and it's then their choice as to which method they want to use to abort the baby. 
And cougar, that's a topic that can be argued until everyone is blue in the face, but the pill is meant to abort the baby before the third trimester, before it is even considered a separate being from the mother.  If the pill is used towards the later part of the pregnancy, then it will more than likely cause the mother physical pain.  I still feel that it's not a separate being until it is fully birthed and out of the mother.

Marconius wrote:

Fine by me.  It's a consenting decision that the mother has to make when going to a Planned Parenthood clinic.  They are told of the pros and cons of the non-surgical drug (which usually involves a lot of pain plus counseling for what they are about to do), and it's then their choice as to which method they want to use to abort the baby. 
And cougar, that's a topic that can be argued until everyone is blue in the face, but the pill is meant to abort the baby before the third trimester, before it is even considered a separate being from the mother.  If the pill is used towards the later part of the pregnancy, then it will more than likely cause the mother physical pain.  I still feel that it's not a separate being until it is fully birthed and out of the mother.

right on. it's a matter for a woman and her doctor, and especially not politicians, or those holding some religious/ideological beliefs that she might not (in other words, politicians and religious groups should never be allowed to dictate these decisions for everyone, which is what the Australian debate is about - should the (Catholic) health minister have the power to prevent its introduction, rather than the experts (Therapeutic Goods ADministration). let alone those who literally cannot understand what it means to be pregnant, especially if it's resulting from tragic circumstance such as rape (Cougar I'm assuming you're a guy here, by all means correct me if I'm wrong).

Last edited by oberst_enzian (2006-02-13 18:22:34)

oberst_enzian wrote:

Marconius wrote:

Fine by me.  It's a consenting decision that the mother has to make when going to a Planned Parenthood clinic.  They are told of the pros and cons of the non-surgical drug (which usually involves a lot of pain plus counseling for what they are about to do), and it's then their choice as to which method they want to use to abort the baby. 
And cougar, that's a topic that can be argued until everyone is blue in the face, but the pill is meant to abort the baby before the third trimester, before it is even considered a separate being from the mother.  If the pill is used towards the later part of the pregnancy, then it will more than likely cause the mother physical pain.  I still feel that it's not a separate being until it is fully birthed and out of the mother.

right on. it's a matter for a woman and her doctor, and especially not politicians, or those holding some religious/ideological beliefs that she might not (in other words, politicians and religious groups should never be allowed to dictate these decisions for everyone, which is what the Australian debate is about - should the (Catholic) health minister have the power to prevent its introduction, rather than the experts (Therapeutic Goods ADministration). let alone those who literally cannot understand what it means to be pregnant, especially if it's resulting from tragic circumstance such as rape (Cougar I'm assuming you're a guy here, by all means correct me if I'm wrong).

Id type my own views but it would probably look much like these two

Cougar wrote:

A pill that kills babies?  So..it's not ok to throw your baby in a dumpster or in a lake  but you can sure as hell take a pill and flush it down the toilet.

The world is so fucked up.

RU-486 was designed to be a "morning after" pill, ideally used to stop the pregnancy before the cells have even finished dividing, assuming there was even a pregnancy at all.

Better fucking one life than 2