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FDA Considers Morning-After Pill Sales

Bush's FDA to OK Abortion Pill Sales?

By Lauran Neergaard / The Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The government is considering allowing over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill, but only to women 18 and older. The surprise move Monday revives efforts to widen access to the emergency contraceptive almost a year after it was thought doomed.

The Food and Drug Administration notified manufacturer Barr Laboratories Inc. early Monday that it wanted to meet within seven days to iron out new steps the company must take in its three-year battle to sell the (abortifacient) pill, called Plan B, without a prescription to at least some women. Full story...

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060731/ap_on_go_ot/morning_after_pill

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How do emergency contraception/morning-after pills work?

ALL.org

The emergency contraceptive/morning-after pill has three possible ways in which it can work:

• Ovulation is inhibited, meaning the egg will not be released;


• The normal menstrual cycle is altered, delaying ovulation; or


• It can irritate the lining of the uterus so that if the first and second actions fail, and the woman does become pregnant, the tiny baby boy or girl will die before he or she can actually attach to the lining of the uterus.

In other words, if the third action occurs, her body rejects the tiny baby and he or she will die. This is called a chemical abortion.

Abortion is an act of direct killing that takes the life of a tiny human being-a life that begins at fertilization.

SOURCE: http://www.all.org/