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The way I see the issue you are either for abortion or not. If you are for abortion it shouldn't really matter to you which way the abortion is performed either the standard method or through the use of a drug. The only exception would be if for example the drug killed 5% of the people who took it.
So to me when you ask if I am for RU486 it's the same as if I am asked am I for abortion (as I have no medical expertise as to the merits of either method of abortion).
I have to admit that on the issue of abortion I am largely undecided. This is due to the ambigious nature of the dilema, that is when does aborting an unborn baby become infanticide rather that the mother ridding herself of unwanted cell growth (I apologise for my crude terminology). Recognizing this question as one that is largley ambigious I cannot oppose any measure to allow people to decide on their own. This becomes even more confused in my mind when my Christian beliefs are taken into account. The Church is opposed to abortion. It is difficult for me to put myself in the position of a woman who is pregnant but does not want to be. If I were to follow the teachings of my Church I would not have the abortion. Yet our society is a secular one in which the views of religion should not be applied to society at large.
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"I am the wrath of God. The earth I pass will see me and tremble." -Klaus Kinski as Don Lope de Aguirre
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