I have heard the assertion that the 'common birth control pill is an abortifacient'. (By 'common', I think this refers to the currently available female birth-control pill.)
In some cases, it surely is. There are various different kinds of birth-control pills, including the estrogen/progesterone pills, and the progesterone-only pills. In women where these pills are not successful at suppressing ovulation, they are also able to prevent implantation, which some people consider 'abortifacient'. Of course, this is what people with nothing better to do DEBATE.
However, the 'common birth control pill' for women IS used as an abortifacient when it is taken as a 'morning-after pill', a series of estrogen/progesterone pills taken over a few days after potential conception. But that doesn't always work, thus the need for something like RU-486.
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Date: 2003-12-06 04:53 am (UTC)In some cases, it surely is. There are various different kinds of birth-control pills, including the estrogen/progesterone pills, and the progesterone-only pills. In women where these pills are not successful at suppressing ovulation, they are also able to prevent implantation, which some people consider 'abortifacient'. Of course, this is what people with nothing better to do DEBATE.
However, the 'common birth control pill' for women IS used as an abortifacient when it is taken as a 'morning-after pill', a series of estrogen/progesterone pills taken over a few days after potential conception. But that doesn't always work, thus the need for something like RU-486.