An oral postcoital birth control pill that causes a possible pregnancy to end.
An abortion-inducing pill, RU-486 works by blocking the action of progesterone, which is vital for maintaining a pregnancy. Effective only during the first seven weeks of pregnancy or up to five weeks after a missed period.
An oral, postcoital birth control method that works by causing expulsion of the conceptus.
a progesterone antagonist drug that has abortifacient (abortion inducing) activity and may inhibit HIV replication.
This is commonly known as the abortion pill. It works by blocking the action of progesterone, which is vital for maintaining a pregnancy. It is effective only during the first seven weeks of pregnancy, or up to five weeks after a missed period.
A chemical regimen that kills human babies in the womb through the ninth week of life; it also is often dangerous to the mother as well.
A hormone similar in structure to progesterone that when taken induces abortion.