Dr. Etienne - Emile Beaulieu, the French scientist who developed the RU - 486
abortifacient pill, has declared, «My intent is to eliminate the word «abortion» because that word is as traumatic as the fact itself of abortion.»
Not exact matches
We now have a situation where a Catholic hospital will be seen as condoning referrals for abortion and approving the full range of family planning services including
abortifacients such as the morning - after
pill.
This is the
abortifacient character of the
pill.
And for an interesting look at the problem of categorizing the
pill as an
abortifacient, check out Libby Anne's piece on the topic, where she notes that «if your goal is to save «unborn babies,» and if you truly believe that a zygote — a fertilized egg — has the same value and worth as you or I — the only responsible thing to do is to put every sexually active woman on the
pill,» because the
pill actually reduces the number of zygotes naturally rejected by a woman's body.
there is no mention that the «conventional
pill» can have an
abortifacient effect.
If the various polls and surveys on the subject are even partially correct, there are millions of men and women who would unhesitatingly describe themselves as pro — life who also regularly use the contraceptive
pill, which is known to act, at least some of the time, as an
abortifacient.
To some extent, the debate is already over for Catholics as Amnesty sold the pass on sexuality years ago; the organisation already supports a right to contraception including the
abortifacient morning - after
pill, which it claims does not cause abortion, and affirms «sexual rights», a term which includes such gems as the right to a pleasurable sex life.
But this was just one of a spate of cases involving pharmacists who refused to dispense the legal drug because they view the Plan B
pill as an
abortifacient.