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RU-486 is only effective during the earliest weeks of pregnancy, a time when many woman do not yet know when they are pregnant. |
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RU-486 takes longer than a surgical abortion. A vacuum aspiration abortion is done in 15 minutes, whereas RU-486 takes two days or more and, at present, requires two trips to the clinic for the abortion itself. |
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As a relatively new procedure, the long term safety of RU-486 cannot yet be confirmed. |