# this is about sex! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 16, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-about-sex/76484 "2001-08-16T01:32:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SonicDeathMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@SonicDeathMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SonicDeathMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-about-sex/76484/1 "2001-08-16T01:32:30Z")
Ok, just trying to get your attention, and you know, I bet it worked! RU486 is some sort of morning after pill, right? Is the name in any way connected to a question of whether a morning after pill (if it in fact does this, which I think it doesn’t) aborting a fetus should be on the market? (RU486=are you in support of killing)? ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-about-sex/76484/2 "2001-08-16T01:39:45Z")
Heh. RU486. R U 4 86. Are you for 86. Eh, put me down for freakish coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-about-sex/76484/3 "2001-08-16T01:43:24Z")
When I first heard it my thought was about asking a computer what kind of processor it has. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-about-sex/76484/4 "2001-08-16T01:46:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SonicDeathMonkey \* > Ok, just trying to get your attention, and you know, I bet it worked! And you know, I bet if I’m reading this right now you’re right! Can you even _imagine_ how cool it is to be right about the obvious? Omigawd! > [@](#): > > RU486 is some sort of morning after pill, right? Is it? You’re the one coming up with this thread. Shouldn’t you know what you’re talking about? > [@](#): > > Is the name in any way connected to a question of whether a morning after pill (if it in fact does this, which I think it doesn’t) aborting a fetus should be on the market? I sincerely doubt that the people who came up with the pill would name it something intended to make people question whether or not they want to use it. Also, it’s not a fetus yet by the morning after. > [@](#): > > (RU486=are you in support of killing)? \*\* Another vote for freakish coincidence. Reminds me of “we buried Paul.” ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-about-sex/76484/5 "2001-08-16T01:50:28Z")
> [@](#): > > **Heh. RU486. R U 4 86. Are you for 86.** Wait! It’s about _Get Smart_! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![SonicDeathMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@SonicDeathMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SonicDeathMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-about-sex/76484/6 "2001-08-16T01:52:12Z")
Of course I know that by the morning after it is not a fetus (and thank you so much for pointing the fallacies in my post, if it is even acceptable to call it that). I was just wondering if it was in a connection to the great abortion debate in general; I didn’t mean that it had to have a direct and meaningless connection. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-about-sex/76484/7 "2001-08-16T02:03:33Z")
1. RU486 is NOT a morning after pill. A true morning after pill is taken within a very short time of unprotected sex (I THINK it’s 72 hours, but I’m not sure). RU486 is an abortificant, used for early (first trimester) abortions 2. Using such a thread title is not a good idea, as it irritates the mods and anyone else who happens to open it. Irritating mods is NOT a good idea. 3. You seem to be unable to decide whether this is a GQ or a GD. Since you are not decided, I’m closing this thread. If you wish to ask a question or start a debate, use a proper thread title. 4. Email TubaDiva or myself about that unwieldy screen name. We need to chop it into discrete words, so that it doesn’t cause screen scroll. 5. (channelling Duck Duck Goose) A simple Google search will give you quite a few relevant hits about RU486. I suggest skipping the sites about the musical group, though. Here is one link, giving just the facts: [http://www.popcouncil.org/faqs/abortion.html](http://www.popcouncil.org/faqs/abortion.html) . Lynn For the Straight Dope