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Is "morning after pill" abortion???

Acts Enthusiast Posts: 1453 **11/20/12 10:05 am**

I've recently had a discussion with some folks who think it is considered abortion...

From what I understand, it is just a higher dose of regular birth control pills...It creates a "hostile" environment for the egg to become fertilized.

I don't think it is right to limit birth control...The morning after pill (plan B) should be made available especially in cases of rape.

Re: Is "morning after pill" abortion???

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 5161 **11/20/12 10:13 am**

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 13654 **11/20/12 10:17 am**

It doesn't prevent fertilization, it prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the wall of the uterus. You are correct that it essentially does what regular birth control does. My wife and I stopped using the pill for this reason, although I respect that there is room for individual conscience concerning this issue.

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Acts Mod Posts: 3346 **11/20/12 10:22 am**

Regardless to what we believe here.

The socialist Dictator says you must provide the pill with no co-pay.

Acts Enthusiast Posts: 1924 **11/20/12 10:34 am**

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 5161 **11/20/12 10:40 am**

Acts Enthusiast Posts: 1924 **11/20/12 11:11 am**

Clint wrote: ".....daddy has a particular procedure coming up that will alleviate any questions."

So it is ok for you to use an artificial method to prevent pregnancy but not for a women to use an artificial method

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 5161 **11/20/12 11:17 am**

Acts Enthusiast Posts: 1924 **11/20/12 11:25 am**

Sorry, Clint, I misunderstood where you were coming from.

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 12817 **11/20/12 11:57 am**

http://www.pfli.org/faq_oc.html

Re: Is "morning after pill" abortion???

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 14803 **11/20/12 12:01 pm**

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 14803 **11/20/12 12:12 pm**

Acts-celerater Posts: 975 **11/20/12 12:37 pm**

My wife had a miscarriage in 1990. I went with her to talk with the gynecologist who handled her D & C.

Understandably, my wife was upset at losing a child. In the course of the discussion with the gynecologist he told us that "sometimes the body knows what is best". He went on to explain to my wife and I that the body self-aborts frequently over the lifespan of a woman during her child bearing years, usually because there is something wrong in the conception process. Most women never know this happens because at the time it occurs it is still at a microscopic level and simply passes with the regular menstrual cycle unnoticed, but it is still a body self-aborted miscarriage.

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 14803 **11/20/12 1:20 pm**

Re: Is "morning after pill" abortion???

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 12817 **11/20/12 1:30 pm**

"morning after pill" vs RU486

Friendly Face Posts: 312 **11/20/12 1:31 pm**

Simple answer - YES, it is -- the difference is one of hormonal stimulation. Mifepristone (RU486) is a drug available in much of the world to stimulate spontaneous abortion up to 7 weeks of gestation (49 days) when combined with prostaglandin (muscle stimulant). The 'morning after pill', or legally "Plan B" is available over the counter as a high dose treatment of progestin (common birth control pill) given by licensed pharmacists without a prescription since 2009 to anyone over 17 years of age (and younger with prescription). Studies continue, but fundamentally the increased hormone interaction with Plan B is intended to interrupt ovulation, but there is some evidence that it creates a hostile environment for implantation of the fertilized egg - in essence, it is also technically an abortifacient, even though it is intended to ideally prevent the release of the egg within a few hours of 'relations'. The earlier the treatment is administered, the more likely it is that plan B will prevent the fertilization encounter, but by the 'morning after', it can also act as an antagonist to implantation. There is no way to target the function, and therefore it cannot be said with 100% certainty that plan B doesn't induce abortion just as RU486 and other methods do. It is indeed an extremely personal decision, but in my mind the possibility of killing an unborn child in the name of convenience or circumstance is too high a risk, and not justified when considering the sanctity of that life in comparison to the motive for intervention. That one should be left to 'the giver of life'.
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Re: Is "morning after pill" abortion???

Acts Enthusiast Posts: 1453 **11/20/12 1:49 pm**

Well....

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 5161 **11/20/12 2:02 pm**

"Wrong" and "Guilty of murder" are two different things. I think the difference lies in how the contraception works. If a morning after pill is designed to prevent a fertilized egg from becoming a baby, then that is different than preventing an egg from being fertilized, right?

That is where my conviction lies. If an egg is never fertilized, then there is no question about whether or not there was life. If an egg is fertilized, but never allowed to develop, then we are in much more muddy waters.

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 12817 **11/20/12 2:04 pm**

This really matters only if one believes life begins at conception.