Abortion By RU486 :: Argumentative Persuasive Topics

Dangers inherent in this method of abortion ar unadorned in precautions used in other countries, for example France. The Food and Drug Administration based its 1996 finding that drug-induced abortion using mifeprist ane and misoprostol (M/M) was safe and effective on results involving a subgroup of women (1,681) in French trials. M/M abortions in France are performed at government-operated hospitals and clinics, typically with or adjacent to catch room facilities. Women are screened for numerous medical conditions that rule step up use of the two drugs. Ultrasound is used to determine gestational age and to rule out tubal pregnancy.   After women are given prostaglandin (e.g., misoprostol), they are monitored on site for approximately four hours so that allergic reactions, cardiopulmonary events, hemorrhaging and the like can be treated promptly before they become life-threatening. A 1990 directive jointly signed by the French Republics Director General of Health, Director o f Hospitals and Director of pharmaceutics and Medication, states that whenever prostaglandins are given in association with RU 486 the following technical conditions ... are indispensable and are to be followed ... b) The doctor must ensure that symptomatic instruments and machines are close by, such as electrocardiogram equipment and particularly resuscitative cardiopulmonary equipment (including nitrous oxide and injectable calcium antagonists and a fibrillator). ... c) Clinical observations and blood-pressure readings every half hour are indispensable for several hours following the administration of these drugs. d) Whenever there is chest pain, an electrocardiogram should be taken on the suspicion of rhythm troubles and in case of profound lowering of blood pressure (Letter). In Sweden, women are supervised by the midwife for 4 to 6 hours at the outpatient clinic (Bygdeman).   In China the vehemence on close medical supervision is well accepted. ... It is stressed that m isoprostol should be taken in the clinic and followed by several hours of observation (Wu). The long observation is one reason that staffs in some large hospitals in China are growing reluctant to prescribe the drug combination The number of medical abortions has change magnitude recently in some of the large hospitals. The staffs were too busy to handle the procedure (more counseling, more visits, and observation), and they also have to manage the referred cases with serious side effectuate and complications (Wu 199).   Searle, which manufactures misoprostol under the brand name Cytotec, has consistently opposed the use of Cytotec for labor induction and for