Posted on 08/24/2006 6:26:38 AM PDT by Pyro7480
US OKs wider access for Barr 'morning-after' pill
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. (BRL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) won U.S. approval to sell its Plan B "morning-after" contraceptive without a prescription to women 18 and older, the company said on Thursday.
Younger girls still need a prescription for Plan B, the company said in a statement. The Plan B pills may prevent pregnancy when taken within 72 hours of sexual intercourse.
"Bush Adminstration Betrays Social Conservatives"
So, what's new? He's been betraying his base ever since he won re-election.
I agree with your definition. I had a discussion about this recently with an elected official who is also a doctor. His point was that by that definition (anything that interferes with implantation or growth of a fertilized egg is abortion), IUD's also qualify. Should they be banned, too? In fact, I think this view rules out just about everything that does not rely on a barrier.
Serious questions to ponder.
Nothing at all wrong with abstinence. You wouldn't NEED a "morning after" pill if you used a little self control.
Yeah, keep telling yourself that.
Better say it in gigantic letters. PLAN B DOES NOT PREVENT CONCEPTION!
Because that is it's purpose.
Gah! Implantation! Not contraception! Bad me! Serves me right for posting in a hurry.
Pills don't kill, people do.
BUMP
I don't think the "purpose" is to prevent implantation. The purpose is to prevent contraception. Which it can only do by preventing ovulation and by interfering with the mobility of the sperm and egg and the ability of the sperm to reach the oocyte and penetrate the zona pellucida. Progesterone does work this way. However, post-fertilization progesterone encourages implantation.
http://www.woomb.org/bom/science/physiology.html
Catholic and pro-life ping!
Huh? I thought this was the Church's purpose.
Okay, I will.
Please read the bolded text, above. I would imagine the manufacturer knows what the drug does and does not do.
From the FDA:
Plan B works like other birth control pills to prevent pregnancy. Plan B acts primarily by stopping the release of an egg from the ovary (ovulation). It may prevent the union of sperm and egg (fertilization). If fertilization does occur, Plan B may prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb (implantation). If a fertilized egg is implanted prior to taking Plan B, Plan B will not work.
This pill does nothing more than normal every day oral contraceptives do to prevent pregnancies. If you are 'OK' with birth control pills then there should be no objection to this method, which is already legally available.
If you are opposed to all forms of contraception then please, rant-on. But please, take the time to know the facts before you do so.
Plan B may prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb (implantation).
If one believes life begins at conception, preventing a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb (implantation) terminates that life prior to that life's ability to survive outside of the womb.
Now, you can dance on the head of a pin as to whether or not the life is an embryo, a zygote, or whatever. You can dance on the head of a pin as to whether the pregnancy has started or not (and therefore if it's an abortion or not). I don't really care. What I DO know is that upon fertilization, there is an independent life that has been created. If an act is done with the goal of terminating that life, that act is morally illicit. Some would call that act murder.
If you don't believe that an independent life is created at the moment of conception, then it's a moot point. Frankly, if you don't believe that an independent life is created at the moment of conception, there's really no moral reason to be against abortion. I just have not ever gotten a satisfactory and logical answer as to when that life becomes an independent entity from somebody who doesn't believe it begins at concpetion.
I SAW that on the news this morning.
OVER THE COUNTER even!
One comment made was the possible birth defects that may result if the baby survives the abortion.
Where is the March of Dimes voice in this if true?
Then may I assume you are against all forms of oral contraception? If so, then you have a principaled stance that you believe in and I am not attepting in any way to change your mind.
I was addressing a factually incorrect statement made in an earlier post.
As for prevention of implantation - this is one of the means of preganancy prevention provided by oral contraceptives as well as the shots, implants, etc. My point is this - if you do not have a moral issue with those forms of birth control then opposition to Plan B is groundless.
I don't think that is technically accurate. I've read that many times an egg is fertilized and it doesn't implant or they implant in a fallopian tube. Neither of those is considered an abortion.
We're probably just talking technicalities.
Oh oh I seem to be confused between RU-47 and the anti conception Plan B morning after pill.
The one causes abortion (RU) and the other stops conception (Plan B).
sorry I confused the two....
If you believe life starts at conception, then Plan B cuts a life short. It has been pointed out on another thread that Plan B can be taken up to 72 hours after sex. Sperm have a life inside a woman of about 2 days. Do the math.
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