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Originally Posted by FoolThemAll
Ah. In other words, it's not different from the abortion pill in any morally significant way.
Thanks. One vote for "It should be banned".
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Uh... no.
It's
not the same as "the abortion pill", RU486, because
RU486 will terminate a pregnancy (that's what it's designed to do).
Plan B will not terminate a pregnancy.
I'm glad people on your side of the argument don't read very thoroughly.
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Originally Posted by FoolThemAll
I've read that birth control pills will sometimes prevent implantation instead of preventing fertilization. Did I read wrong? And if not, then why would a "concentrated dose" of birth control be any different?
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There are two kinds of birth control pills. Without getting into too much detail, they both thicken cervical mucus which keeps sperm from joining with the egg. One of them also prevents ovulation to begin with, the other one only does that occasionally.
As for what you think you read:
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2...ption-pill.xml
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The hormones in [the two types of pills] also thin the lining of the uterus. In theory, this could prevent pregnancy by interfering with implantation of a fertilized egg. But there is no scientific evidence that this occurs.
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I'm constantly amazed at how easy it is for people to make absolute moral judgments on things they aren't educated on.
