It's turning early abortion into a private affair and reducing the recourse to abortionists:
At a time when the overall number of abortions has been steadily declining, RU-486-induced abortions have been rising by 22 percent a year and now account for 14 percent of the total -- and more than one in five early abortions performed by the ninth week of pregnancy.
Technology changes things - not as a question of morality, but of practicality.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/01/the-ru-486-revolution/220951/
