What d you think about Plan B One Step "abortion pill" to prevent pregnancy? I am all for it, as a way to prevent the need for actual abortions.

I don't have a problem with the pill so much, but I'm not sure about the age restriction being dropped. Guess others aren't either with the court action.

I can understand why parents would object to this, but, to me, dropping the age restriction is the lesser of evils. Too many girls would be afraid/embarrased to ask their parents for permission and end up pregnant and looking for an abortion when it could have been avoided.

What is Plan B One Step, UG? If it prevents conception, or is the equivalent of the 'morning after pill', I'm all in favour.

It is the morning after pill. I was interested in seeing if everyone who objects to abortion feels the same way about it.

UG:

Since I am part of your target audience, let me give my thoughts on this.

I do not object to the "morning after" pill at all. My opinion on when life starts is not at conception but is at a much later pregnancy stage when there is a heart beat and movement of the fetus. That is when I believe there is a viable human being in the womb.

I object somewhat to the 15 year age limitation drop, at least without parental consent. Then I realized a 15 year old can obtain an abortion without parental consent and it seems to counter balance something bad with something not so bad.

Anything that will cut down on the murder of innocents simply because they aren't wanted has to be good.

It sounds like we pretty much agree. My biggest struggle with the whole issue is trying to figure out when does the embryo turn into a viable human being.

I simply don't know when the embryo becomes a human being.

The Catholic Church says, at the moment of conception. There is a clear logic in this, as that is the moment when the whole human genome, potentially or actually, comes together (I'm not an embryologist, which is why I add 'potentially').

Theoretically this should also rule out the morning after pill, but I feel it necessary to take into account the frailty of human nature! Allowing this still puts the final choice in the hands of the woman.

This may be wrong, but I cannot see any clear logic for any other answer.

I ran across this little bit earlier today and thought it might be germane to the conversation...

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"If a woman already is pregnant, the morning-after pill has no effect. It prevents ovulation or fertilization of an egg. According to the medical definition, pregnancy doesn't begin until a fertilized egg implants itself into the wall of the uterus. Still, some critics say Plan B is the equivalent of an abortion pill because it may also be able to prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterus, a contention that many scientists - and Korman, in his ruling - said has been discredited."

Entire article here: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_MORNING_AFTER_PILL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-05-02-18-47-26

I ran across this little bit earlier today and thought it might be germane to the conversation...

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"If a woman already is pregnant, the morning-after pill has no effect. It prevents ovulation or fertilization of an egg. According to the medical definition, pregnancy doesn't begin until a fertilized egg implants itself into the wall of the uterus. Still, some critics say Plan B is the equivalent of an abortion pill because it may also be able to prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterus, a contention that many scientists - and Korman, in his ruling - said has been discredited."

Entire article here: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_MORNING_AFTER_PILL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-05-02-18-47-26

Most of the article is politics, but the section quoted appears to say that the morning after pill does actually prevent pregnancy, although it does not have any effect on a pregnancy already established. What it doesn't say is how long it takes for a fertilised egg to attach to the uterus.

I ran across this little bit earlier today and thought it might be germane to the conversation...

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"If a woman already is pregnant, the morning-after pill has no effect. It prevents ovulation or fertilization of an egg. According to the medical definition, pregnancy doesn't begin until a fertilized egg implants itself into the wall of the uterus. Still, some critics say Plan B is the equivalent of an abortion pill because it may also be able to prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterus, a contention that many scientists - and Korman, in his ruling - said has been discredited."

Entire article here: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_MORNING_AFTER_PILL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-05-02-18-47-26

Most of the article is politics, but the section quoted appears to say that the morning after pill does actually prevent pregnancy, although it does not have any effect on a pregnancy already established. What it doesn't say is how long it takes for a fertilised egg to attach to the uterus.

This link says about 6 days:

http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/facts/fetaldevelopment.html