Levonorgestrel is in a class of medications called progestins. It works by preventing the release of an egg from the ovary or preventing fertilization of the egg by sperm (male reproductive cells). It also may work by changing the lining of the uterus (womb) to prevent development of a pregnancy.
If a baby is a separate life at birth, it is life at 20 weeks. And it is its own life the minute the sperm cell fertilizes the ovum. And if one takes any definitive action to prevent a zygote from implanting itself in the uterine wall, one is just as guilty of abortion as if one cuts the spinal cord of a fully developed baby before it emerges from the birth canal.
I’m confused. The judge is “offended” by procedure, but permits children to abort without parental consent?
This administration is oddly pleased to provide more avenues for killing minority babies.
I would think this is a dangerous thing for this judge to do.
How much does it cost per pill ?
Who pays for it ?
Without prescription, guys will be able to buy the pills and appear oh so caring as they prepare special breakfasts in bed for their girlfriends.
For scientific reasons, I do not place a zygote as being the equivalent of a fully developed baby several months into the pregnancy. Most fertilized ova do not implant. Of the ones that implant, many do not survive long enough for the mother to know she is pregnant. Only about 10-25% of all fertilized ova are capable of survival to birth. At the time of implantation, the blastocyst has ~200 cells--meaning that it truly is just a ball of cells, with no distinguishing features at all. It is incapable of any feeling or self-awareness. From a technical standpoint, I cannot see any significant difference between a blastocyst and the human cells I grow for experimentation in the lab.
The neural tube starts to form about 3 weeks into the pregnancy. Because the sense of self and all awareness are rooted in the nervous system, I think that that is a good time to give the embryo legal protection from all harms.
With all that said, I still think this is a horrible move by the judge, one which will result in severe injury and death. Plan B is a potent endocrine disruptor. The body may be able to efficiently repair the damage after a one-time emergency use. But with it being available OTC, there will be many women and girls who take one every time they have intercourse, believing that its OTC availability means it is perfectly safe. It is not. Long-term repetitive use is likely to cause bleeding disorders, organ damage, and cancer, among other complications.
I wonder, can women and their families sue this judge for damages resulting from using this drug in a way never intended when the FDA approved its use?
This judge's opinion should not be allowed to trump the science-based regulatory decisions of the FDA. I would hope the head of the FDA stands up and says that the FDA refuses to change its recommendations without a good solid scientifically informed reason to do so.
The more I think about it, the more I'm wondering how the prior policy could have been implemented effectively at all. Did someone need to produce a driver's license or other form of ID to buy it?
The pill works in a similar way.
In the early '70s, the AMA changed the definition of conception from fertilization to implantation, so that the pill would not be classified as an abortifacient.
At about the same time, homosexuality was removed from the list of psychiatric disorders.
And of course, 1973 saw Roe v. Wade.
The death toll resulting from these decisions is incalculable.
Some judge will say age of consent laws deny children their "equal right to human fulfillment."
I’ve often said that if I ever were to get another dog, I’d be highly tempted to teach him how to read, then give him a list of Federal judges to bite.
If the so-called “morning after pill” can be mandated to be available without a prescription or age of majority status or parental approval, then why the hell isn’t birth control also afforded this same availability?
“Abortion as “birth control” is bad policy. But the Sanda Sluts of the world want somebody ELSE to pay for their birth control. When it’s available over the counter, you have to reach in your own pocket and pay 100% of the cost.
Dead Red Ted Kennedy opposed medical savings accounts that could be used to personally bank pre-tax dollars into a savings plan for use and rolling over the unused dollars into the subsequent years. He fought that tooth and nail until he died.