According to one physician
“Long-term physical effects still haven’t really been studied. For example, RU-486 crosses the blood follicle barrier and has been found in the egg follicles of women taking the drug. How this might affect future fertility, pregnancy, and the health of future children is not yet known…
As an artificial hormone, RU-486 interacts with a host of other hormone receptor sites scattered throughout the body.… Not only does RU-486 block the work of progesterone, but, because of its similar chemical structure, it also blocks the normal activity of cortisol, a hormone crucial to many of the body’s metabolic, nervous, circulatory functions. While most progesterone receptor sites are found in various organs of the female reproductive system, every tissue of the body binds cortisol, theoretically opening every system of the body to RU-486’s toxic effects.
Not only does RU-486 linger in all the body’s tissues for several days, but it is also absorbed into the cells in the area where RNA and DNA are stored. What effects this has on a woman’s DNA or RNA is unknown. But phenyl, an important part of the RU-486 molecule, is known to be toxic substance for humans.”
Tamara L Roleff. Abortion: Opposing Viewpoints (San Diego, Greenhaven Press, 1997) 153
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