"The drug Depo-Provera acts as an abortifacient. Given by injections four times a year, the artificial hormone prevents a baby in the earliest stages of development from implanting on the wall of the uterus, leading to its death."
No..it does not. Depo-Provera puts the woman's body into "false menopause" via hormones. It prevents the ovaries from releasing an egg. It also causes the cervical mucus to thicken and changes the uterine lining, making it harder for sperm to enter or survive in the uterus. That's why women do not have a menstrual cycle while on the Depo shot.
How, pray tell, can it kill a baby in it's "earliest stage of development"...if there was never an egg released to make the baby?
That's what I was told! Your description, of course.
My other half broke her back about 30 years ago. About every third period I used to live with Godzilla. Now she's on a nice even keel, and has no more nasty back aches.
According to these extremist zealots, just about any contraceptive "kills babies". Don't bother trying to point out facts to them -- they're not interested. Their goal is to prevent anyone from ever having sex without fear of pregnancy. This "LifeSite" puts out reams of junk science, and has an eager audience of gullible people who will unhesitatingly swallow this sort of stuff. Same audience continues to believe the thoroughly debunked "abortion causes breast cancer" claim. As for the side claim in this article that Depo-Provera increases the rate of STDs, well duh! Anybody who uses an oral contraceptive, or NO contraceptive, instead of a condom is raising their risk for STDs. Has nothing to do with the oral contraceptive "causing" the increase in STDs, it has to do with the condoms reducing the incidence of STDs -- just keep using the condom along with Depo-Provera, and there will be no increase in STDs. But the LifeSite people don't mention this because they aren't interested in preventing STDs, they're interested in preventing sex.