[ThinkDifferent]

Touché, but the fact that slaves are not legally considered people, but property, means that an argument to have slavery repealed on the basis of human rights won't work...

Well yes, that's true. It was first necessary to convince the public that slaves *were* people. Same thing here; if you want RU-486 banned, you're going to first have to convince a sufficient percentage that abortion (specifically very early-term abortion) is murder. But that has not yet happened, and absent such a consensus the potential risk of RU-486 to the mother is far too low to justify a ban by itself.

[thomaswest]

It has always been that some people achieve a benefit from a medicine, some are unchanged, and some are hurt or injured by a medication. Perhaps it is random variations in individuals or God's Will. Who knows?

There is so much randomness associated with the process--which sperm, which egg, which partner, what environment for the mother. Perhaps God chooses down to this level, but randomness and "luck" seem to be operative.