Posted on 07/31/2006 11:39:55 AM PDT by markomalley
DESCRIPTION
Emergency contraceptive tablet. Each Plan B tablet contains 0.75 mg of a single active steroid ingredient, levonorgestrel [18,19-Dinorpregn-4-en-20-yn-3-one-13-ethyl-17-hydroxy-, (17á)-(-)-], a totally synthetic progestogen.
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Emergency contraceptives are not effective if the woman is already pregnant. Plan B is believed to act as an emergency contraceptive principally by preventing ovulation or fertilization (by altering tubal transport of sperm and/or ova). In addition, it may inhibit implantation (by altering the endometrium). It is not effective once the process of implantation has begun.
From the Prescribing Information page.
All progestogen medicines work in the same way. Whether the pill or EC. That's just the way they work.
I suppose someone could use your sort of argument to support banning the sale of condoms over the counter. And from what I have been seeing on this subject some critics are not just worried about "Youth" but claim it will encourage promiscuity. I am of a mind that bedroom activities, especially heterosexual ones are no one elses business, especially govt officials.
only a FEW women have died from taking this pill as a prescribed drug.
You may be thinking of RU 486; I haven't seen any data for deaths from Plan B. If you really mean Plan B, please provide a link to a credible source for this assertion.
And the public school system is automatically immunizing 11yr olds for STD's without parental consent.
I haven't seen anything that says the HPV vaccine is being given without parental consent. Can you provide a link?
And yet they will test for steroids in schools. Does this mean girls will fall under the no tolerance rules for steroids?
California is leading the way.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1671635/posts
>>Schwarzenegger also announced he wants to create new medical clinics in 500 elementary schools to provide easy access to health care for children. There are 147 such clinics in California schools now.<<<
See added posts in thread to put the picture together.
I still don't see it. Following the links brings me here, which says "LAUSD officials told the Los Angeles Times that as the shots become available in the coming months, female students with parental consent would be eligible to receive Gardasil, a vaccine recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration that prevents four types of the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV)."
I seem to recall that, when I went through school (BILLIONS and BILLIONS of years ago, to coin a phrase), such things were done by exception. In other words, "We are going to do ________, if you object, please let us know." i.e., an "opt out" consent mechanism...
Would that qualify as consent/non consent?
That is a technical arguement. Public schools don't disclose medical treatment involving children now.
It isn't an abortifacient nor will it be sold over the counter.
It "may" do that, there's just a complete absence of any evidence. All the evidence suggests that the hormones -- the same hormones that are in "the Pill" prevent fertilization, not implantation. This is not an abortion drug.
From the current evidence, I'm convinced that Plan B is not an abortifacient - it can only work to prevent fertilization by delaying or interupting ovulation or by disrupting the ability of the sperm to get to and penetrate the oocyte.
Plan B does not interfere with implantation.
In fact, if there is an embryo, the progesterone will increase the chances of implantation.
No.
1. This won't be over-the-counter. This will be behind the counter, dispensed by pharmacists who will take down names and information and ask a series of questions before dispensing it.
2. This doesn't end a human life. It's a simple contraceptive and prevents fertilization in exactly the same way that normal oral contraceptives do. The reason for that? The ingredients of The Pill and the Morning After Pill are identical.
Nobody believes that preventing fertilization is abortion, not even those (like the Catholic Church) who oppose all or most forms of birth control. Neither "pulling out" nor condoms nor the Pill are abortifacients, regardless of what you think of them morally.
Who are you kidding? These women aren't going to give birth. If they don't use contraception (including morning after contraception), and they don't want to get pregnant, I think we all know that they're going to do: they're going to get abortions.
As one pro-lifer to (presumably) another, I have to ask you:
Do you want there to be more abortions in this world or fewer?
Allowing this pill otc would mean far fewer abortions. And that's an absolutely good thing.
So how is this happening under a conservative administration?
Yes, preventing fertilization is not abortion. However, the Pill can pevent a fertilized egg from implanting (so can the "Morning Afer Pill". The manufacturers of the birth control pill admit this. A fertilized egg is a baby. The Catholic church and others do consider destroying a fertilized egg the same as an abortion.
Please read this:
http://www.aaplog.org/collition.htm
sample paragraph:
The fact that the hormonal contraceptives have an abortive potential is discussed in the paper circulated at AAPLOG’s 1998 midwinter meeting. "Most (virtually all) literature dealing with hormonal contraception ascribes a three-fold action to these agents. 1. inhibition of ovulation, 2. inhibition of sperm transport, and 3. production of a "hostile endometrium", which presumably prevents or disrupts implantation of the developing baby if the first two mechanisms fail. The first two mechanisms are true contraception. The third proposed mechanism, IF it in fact occurs, would be abortifacient."
That's old and outdated information. The only post ovulation effect of the morning after pill on the uterus is to increase glycodelin-A, which prevents the sperm from penetrating the zona pellucida (group of cells around the oocyte) and to enable implantation.
For about 9 hours after taking the pill, the mucus in the cervix is thicker (serves to impede the passage of sperm) and the cilia in the fallopian tubes is slowed. This latter is the only real risk - if there is an embryo in the fallopian tube, there is a greater chance of tubal pregnancy.
how is it out-dated? Did the formula of the Birth Control Pill or Morning After Pill change since 2003? Here are the signers of the document. What are they missing?
Marie A. Anderson, M.D., FACOG
Tepeyac Family Center
Fairfax, VA 22033
Paddy Jim Baggot, M.D.
Geneticist, Perinatologist
Pope Paul VI Institute, Omaha, NE
Thomas L. Bodensteiner, M.D., FACOG
Beatrice, NE
John J. Brennan, M.D., FACOG
Associate Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical College of Wisconsin
John T. Bruchalski, M.D.
Diplomate, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical Director, Tepeyac Family Center, Fairfax, VA
William F. Colliton, Jr., M.D., FACOG
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
George Washington University Medical Center
Lorna L. Cvetkovich, M.D., FACOG
Wichita, Kansas
Mary L. Davenport, M.D., FACOG
El Sobrante, CA
Charles H. Dahm, M.D., FACOG
St. Louis, MO.
Michael B. Dixon, M.D., FACOG, Dip. ABFP
St. Louis, MO.
Hans E Geisler, M.D., FACOG, FACS
Director of Division of Gynecologic Oncology
St. Vincent Hospital and Health Centers
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Indiana University Medical Center
Kim Anthony Hardey, M.D.
Diplomate, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lafayette, LA 70503
David R. Harnisch, Sr., M.D., F.A.A.F.P., J.F.A.C.O.G.
Beavercreek, OH
John F. Heffron, M.D., FACOG
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Creighton University School of Medicine
Steve Hickner, M.D., FACOG
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Michigan State School of Medicine
Thomas W. Hilgers, M.D.
Senior Medical Consultant, Pope Paul VI Institute
Associate Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Creighton University School of Medicine
William J. Hogan, M.D., FACOG
Rockville, MD
Helen T. Jackson, M.D., FACOG
Brookline, MA
James Linn, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical College of Wisconsin
John C. Linn, M.D., FACOG
Milwaukee, WI
Julie Mickelson, M.D., Jr. FACOG
Board Member, AAPLOG
Bernard N. Nathanson, M.D.,FACOG
Perinatologist, New York, NY
James O’Connor, M.D.
Diplomate, ABOG
Manager, Ernst and Young Health Care Consulting
Konald A. Prem, M.D., FACOG
Professor Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Minnesota Medical School
Gary W. Smith, M.D., FACOG
Medical Director, Women’s Health at Robin Wood
Mark Stegman, M.D., FACOG
St. Louis, MO
Arthur J. Stehly, M.D., FACOG
Escondido, CA
I went through long ago, too. Things have changed considerably since then for medical treatment. When we dinged our knees, the school nurse put a band aid on it. Nowadays they want a signed release from the parents on file before they do just about anything.
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