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do you consider any form of birth control a form of abortion?

The doses used are intended to function as an abortifacient rather than as a contraceptive. Using these chemicals in these doses post-intercourse, you can't have one without the other.

This could conceivably (bad pun) prevent some abortions, or do you consider any form of birth control a form of abortion?

This particular form of birth control can work as an abortion. If it keeps sperm and egg apart, it is not an abortion. If it kills a fertilized egg that would otherwise live if it weren't for the treatment, then its an abortion. And, yes, that means that conventional birth control pills are questionable, as well.

do you consider any form of birth control a form of abortion
This is a very interesting question and of great concern to me and my wife.
I have been doing some research and I think that I have found some enough information to form an opinion.
Keep in mind that what I state here is only an opinion.
From a biological point of view, once an egg is fertilized and the 23 chromosomes from each parent has combined to form a cell (a zygote I believe it is called), a human has been created. This cell contains all of the information needed to grow and develop. More importantly it is a HUMAN child. It will not grow up as anything else. It needs only the same thing children need after they are born - nourishment and protection.
I would consider anything that prevents the child from attaching to the uterus the same thing as starving a child to death.
Now, if it prevents the combination of the cells into a 46 chromosome human, I would not consider that an abortion. Life has not been granted at that point.
At this point in our investigation this is my opinion.

To clarify, we have plenty of ways of keeping a sperm and egg apart including the unreliable rhythm method, the ubiquitous condom, the diaphram, the sponge, and perminent sterilization. Other forms of blocking contraceptives have also been researched including tubal plugs and sperm vaccines. These are not abortions. Birth control pills walk a line between the two because they aren't 100% sure how they work (they may prevent fertilization but may also cause the death of a fertilized egg).

The problem is not giving women control over getting pregnant (though I can certainly argue that this has had negative as well as the obvious positive effects on society) but about deciding that you don't want to be pregnant after the egg has been fertilized.

Agree with you- but I doubt that the voice of reason will be heard on this particular thread very often.

People who have religious reasons to avoid contraception are not going to be forced to take these- so it is a little difficult to see where the problem is- unless, as you say, ALL forms of contraception are forbidden...