Pro-aborts, including RH Reality Check, have been in a tizzy since "Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius overruled the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by refusing to allow emergency contraceptives to be sold over the counter (OTC),". Good for Secretary Sebelius!
They suggested their decision to deny vulnerable teens access to emergency contraception was based on the lack of evidence on whether young teens would understand how to use the method and whether there might be unknown risks.
Vulnerable teens? Yep, they sure are. And vulnerable teens need to be protected.
Over at Abortion Gang, Kushielsmoon writes:
Plan B One-Step is a brand of morning after pill, which works the same way as birth control pills to prevent pregnancy. It’s more effective the earlier it’s taken, but can be taken up to 72 hours after sex. Plan B cannot terminate a pregnancy- -it is not an abortion pill. (emphasis is mine)
When pregnancy begins is not something science can answer for us. It's left up to man to pinpoint. Many years ago, ACOG, The American College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians declared that pregnancy begins at implantation. Why? From the Population Research Institute
To understand why we have to go back to 1965, when the American Academy of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) arbitrarily and redefined the terms “conception” and "pregnancy.” The group first threw out the then-accepted definition of conception as occurring at fertilization, that is, when the sperm and egg cells unite. ACOG explained that, since conception could not be “detected,” it was impossible to determine whether new life began at that point. It went on to decree that henceforth pregnancy would be defined as beginning only at implantation. This is the time, five to seven days after conception, when the newly formed person, only a few hundred cells in size, implants in the lining of the uterus.
Why did ACOG engaged in this pseudo-scientific sleight of hand? Its motives involved both morality and money. In 1965 Roe v. Wade was still 8 years away, and abortion was illegal throughout the United States. Most Americans still equated abortion with murder and wanted nothing to do with it. If hormonal contraceptives prevented implantation--and they do--then most Americans would reject them on the grounds that they caused early-term abortions.
By redefining pregnancy to begin after implantation, ACOG attempted to avoid the charge that its members, in prescribing hormonal contraceptives, were actually encouraging, if not performing, early-term abortions.
A recent survey shows us that most doctor's don't agree with ACOG. 57% of doctors said that pregnancy begins at conception.
Most of us know that life begins at conception, when the sperm and egg are joined together. It takes approximately a week for the tiny new life to travel through the fallopian tube, and implant itself in it's mothers womb. It's in this time frame that Plan B can cause the uterus to be un-welcoming, causing the embryo to be dispelled, washed out with the menstrual flow.
From Plan B's own website (click on picture to go to the page):
Doing a little research on women who have taken Plan B (or another brand) tells me that it should be prescription only for every woman, not just teens. This is just a couple of examples from the linked website.
Hey I had sex with my boyfriend and he used a condom. It didn't break and he pulled out way before he ejaculated. I took plan b right after we had intercourse, just to be safe.
I took plan b 4 times after having sex. The first time that i took my period had just finished(around april 30). After the fourth time(may 15)
You'll also read how the woman's menstrual cycle is affected, leaving them questioning whether or not they are pregnant. You'll read how some women spot for days, or bleed for weeks. Google it yourself and you'll see many many stories like these.
Jill Stanek has a post up, where she quotes from another article, concerns which have already crossed the minds of many people, including myself.
What’s to stop teenage boys from pushing their… girlfriends to forget condoms, since Plan B can take care of everything afterward?
Why wouldn’t sexual abusers of young girls use Plan B to cover up the horror of ongoing abuse...?
Would a boy pay $50 to experience sex without a condom? Yes he would. Would an abuser pay $50 for the opportunity to continue the abuse? Yes, he would.
So again, why should FDA make this drug available to 11 year olds? Simple. They shouldn't.
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