The enormous toxicity of these drugs to the pregnant woman, however, and the fact that they produced massive congenital deformities in the fetuses who somehow survived the pharmacological assault, virtually precluded their use as abortifacients. (firstthings.com)
It is able, contrary to the opinions of Sarah E. Hinlicky and R. Albert Mohler, Jr., to establish the immorality of contraception independent of whether the contraceptive method has abortifacient effects. (firstthings.com)
In a statement released today on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York and president of the Conference, responded to last Friday's proposed revision of the HHS contraception / sterilization / abortifacient mandate by saying, in.... (firstthings.com)