Blurring lines between abortion, contraception

About the move in many state legislatures (surprisingly, not in Kansas, yet) to restrict emergency contraception on moral grounds:
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation fact sheet, “Researchers estimate that widespread use of EC (emergency contraception) could potentially prevent up to half of the approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies that occur annually in the U.S., and one study has suggested that broader use could help prevent as many as 700,000 pregnancies that now result in abortion.”
So the activists should explain: Are they anti-abortion or anti-contraception? By blurring the lines between contraception and abortion, they are trying to have it both ways — and actually aiding and abetting higher abortion rates.
Posted by Randy Scholfield

38 Comments

  1. writerdog
    Posted March 2, 2006 at 2:37 am | Permalink

    Maybe they are also against throwing the condom away afterwards. It is on the same logic as the arguement that the EC is abortion.

  2. Posted March 2, 2006 at 7:35 am | Permalink

    It will ok if pharmacists report all sales to Kline.

  3. Damoon
    Posted March 2, 2006 at 8:16 am | Permalink

    One big misconception (excuse the pun) is that EC is totally effective at preventing pregnacy (it’s only about 80% effective), in fact, the more it’s used as birthcontrol, the less effective it becomes. If it starts being sold over the counter and women start using it that way, they need to be aware of that fact. Still, it’s better than using nothing. The Deprovera injection is more than 99% effective at preventing pregnacy, and it only has to be taken once every 3 months. It’s certainly what I prefer to administer to my female clients who are sexually active.

  4. Jihadist 4 Jesus
    Posted March 2, 2006 at 10:00 am | Permalink

    Da, how about the cost issue, e.g., pills vs. Deprovera? My better half told me that the injection costs quite a bit more than the pills for the same period of time. Also, will it be covered by insurance as well, like Viagra?

    Back to the topic, this Plan-B works by preventing uterine implantation, am I correct?

  5. Joe Blow
    Posted March 2, 2006 at 10:15 am | Permalink

    Hey Randy, since we’re talking about language here, how’s about your side refer to a “baby.” Or do you go up to pregnant women and say, “Oh, how is your fetus doing?” Hypocrites.

  6. CrusaderX
    Posted March 2, 2006 at 4:04 pm | Permalink

    All you pro-death abortionists out there, I got a message for you from Mr. Garrison:

    “You die! You die and you go to hell!”

    LOLOLOLOL!

  7. Ben Huie
    Posted March 2, 2006 at 4:15 pm | Permalink

    jihadist – one big advantage of the depo shot is that the patient doesn’t have the opportunity to forget to take it each day.

  8. Tara
    Posted March 2, 2006 at 5:13 pm | Permalink

    Jihadist, that’s one of the ways it can prevent pregnancy. Taken early enough, it can also prevent ovulation.Damoon, I used to hear horror stories about Depo in high school, weight gain, constant periods, depression..is that true? Because in the case of teenage girls, knowing you might gain 15-20 lbs would be a real turnoff.

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    Posted March 2, 2006 at 8:21 pm | Permalink

    The good thing about the Depo shot is that it stops the periods all together. I know some women have complained about weight gain. Medicaid paid for my client’s injections and they didn’t even have to pay the usual $3 copay. I don’t know how much it would cost if a woman didn’t have a medical card or insurance, but I know that Planned Parenthood provides it on a sliding scale. My daughter used to go there to get her injection and the cost was minimal. She never had any bad side effects from it.Wouldn’t it be great if they could make an injection for guys? It would be nice to see them share some of the responsibility for preventing pregnancies. Most men don’t want to wear a condom.

  10. Posted April 19, 2006 at 2:21 pm | Permalink

    To decrease abortion rate the government should change the family politics that it currently adheres to. That’s the best thing to do.

  11. Posted December 3, 2006 at 11:54 pm | Permalink

    The distinction between emergency contraception and RU 486 is important, especially since anti-choice lawmakers are trying to restrict women’s access to these and other reproductive health services.

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