Questionable Study Hails “Morning-After Pill”

[Jessie]

By Tanya L. Green

Claims it has reduced abortion rate

The number of abortions dropped by 51,000 in 2000 because the women who would have had abortions instead took the morning-after pill, which ended pregnancies—or so says the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI), Planned Parenthood’s research arm.

The group claims the morning-after pill, or “emergency contraception,” accounted for the reduced number of pregnancies. Morning-after pills are essentially high doses of oral contraceptives that prevent ovulation, fertilization or implantation of a fertilized egg. Taking one within 72 hours after sexual intercourse (without contraception) may prohibit or end a pregnancy. It does not end a pregnancy where the fertilized egg is implanted.

But AGI makes this claim about the morning-after pill’s impact on reducing abortion while having no data on the number of women who actually took it in 2000. And the researchers admit it is “unknown … what proportion of pregnancies among method users were due to inconsistent or incorrect contraceptive use and what proportion were accounted for by method failure.”

Wendy Wright, Concerned Women for America’s senior policy director, questions the credibility of the report, calling it “a propaganda tool intended to legitimize and promote the morning-after pill.”

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I have a co-worker who was told that RU486 was not abortion so she took it "the morning after" thinking it worked just as a contraceptive would. I believe differently because the pill is intended to destroy a healthy process that begins from conception. --Di

[Sweetpea]

Diane, I have also heard that the birth control pill, when taken on a normal basis, does just that as well....prevents implantation of a fertilized egg, which is, in fact, an abortion.
Not all the time, mind you, but it is occassionally possible if an egg happens to get through.
The pill simply does not allow a woman's uterus to prepare for implantation at any time. That is why it has such a high "success" rate. Even if an egg does slip through the cracks (so to speak ) and becomes fertilized, it really has no chance of implantation. That's pretty sad.

They don't tell you any of this at the doctor's office when you're discussing birth control options. [img]graemlins/flamingmad.gif[/img]

I would be willing to bet that if they made this public knowledge and mandatory knowledge before prescribing the pill, there would be far less "pill-takers".

I've researched it somewhat, and there really are no "good" options for birth control other than Natural Family Planning....which works great if you can be diligent enough to follow it exactly, but I got careless and sure enough...along came my little angel 9 months later. [img]graemlins/angel.gif[/img]

[Radical Conservative]

Originally posted by Sweetpea:
Diane, I have also heard that the birth control pill, when taken on a normal basis, does just that as well....prevents implantation of a fertilized egg, which is, in fact, an abortion.

Just Some of the types of BC pills 'pea

[JohnnyYuma]

SweetPea ,
I first read your post as saying "National Family Planning" instead of "Natural" ...
my thoughts on National Family Planning ...

The US govt. shall set aside one day per month to have "marital relations" (non married folk must still go to work to cover for the married folks that are "indisposed" ...

the exact day for the next months "relations"
will be chosen by random lottery on the last day of the current month ....

if the day happens to fall on a time that is not right for the woman to concieve , anyone has a headache , you are out of town on business or any other excuse ...
tough noogies ...
try next month ...

:eek:

dP
future President of the US

[Sweetpea]

Originally posted by dPrasse:
non married folk must still go to work to cover for the married folks that are "indisposed" ...

ROTFLMAO!!! [img]graemlins/Laughing.gif[/img]

[Sweetpea]

Originally posted by Radical Conservative:
Just Some of the types of BC pills 'pea

Are you sure, Rad?

[Radical Conservative]

Originally posted by Sweetpea:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Radical Conservative:
Just Some of the types of BC pills 'pea

Are you sure, Rad? </font>[/quote]Yeah 'Pea I'm sure

[Sweetpea]

Rad, I'm certainly not doubting you, I would just like to read about it. Do you have a link or anything? [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Radical Conservative]

Originally posted by Sweetpea:
Rad, I'm certainly not doubting you, I would just like to read about it. Do you have a link or anything? [img]smile.gif[/img]

Check out Rightgrrl.com

[Sweetpea]

Thanks, Rad! [img]smile.gif[/img]