Plan B - Morning After Pill...

The FDA approved the Plan B "Morning After" pill last Thursday in which a person 18 years or older can purchase the pill over-the-counter without a prescription, but only in pharmacies. They tout this pill as being completely different from the abortion pill because they say that, "The morning-after pill, also called emergency contraception, prevents pregnancy but has no effect if a woman already is pregnant." They say this, because it makes it sound like another means of birth control, which the Church also considers immoral. Their definition of pregnancy, however, is the misleading element of their claim. They say that:

It (the Plan B pill) works by preventing ovulation or fertilization of an egg. While it also may prevent the egg from implanting into the uterus, the medical definition of pregnancy, recent research suggests that’s not likely.

The medical definition of pregnancy is where it is misleading. Life begins AT CONCEPTION and not at implantation of the fertilized egg into the uterus. An egg will only attempt to implant itself onto the uterus wall if it is a fertilized egg - if it is the beginning of a new life. Any possibility of this pill preventing that is abortion plain and simple.

Pro-abortion groups are not satisfied with the FDA, however. They want the pill available to everyone, not just persons 18 years and older. The manufacturer, lawmakers and other advocates said they will press the government to let minors purchase the pills over the counter (Kansas City Star). 

"We shouldn’t be putting barriers between young people and pregnancy prevention," said Peter Brownlie, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri. Maybe the best way of pregnancy prevention is ABSTINANCE!!! Mr. Brownlie. Of course, that would mean Planned Parenthood would lose millions upon millions of dollars on abortions and contraceptive sales. They said as much theirselves when they commented, "Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri has provided more than 10,000 women with emergency contraception this year and expects that number to increase rapidly now."

It saddens me so much that our country is so focused on quick fixes for unplanned pregnancies. They focus on covering up or simply dismissing the "mistake" made by the person for having unprotected sex or pre-marital sex. Instead of focusing on the morning after, their efforts should be on abstinance and on moral means of fertility care. I am referring to Natural Family Planning such as the Creighton Model of fertility care or the Couple-to-Couple League.

Responsible, moral sexual practices within the context of marriage and abstinance outside of marriage make so much more sense than worrying about the morning after and how one can simple 'get rid' of what they did last night. Until next time...God bless.

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