I have been discussing with a friend the possibility that the oral contraceptive pill functions as an abortifacient. (blogspot.com)
The first question is whether the morning-after pill is actually an abortifacient agent or whether it is simply contraceptive in its action, as some scientists maintain. (angelusonline.org)
The second question is whether, given that it is not abortifacient but only a contraceptive agent, it could be considered as moral in extreme cases such as rape. (angelusonline.org)
Those who believe that pregnancy only begins at implantation in the uterine wall maintain that drugs that prevent implantation are contraceptive agents, and not abortifacient, whereas those who believe that life begins at conception, that is at the union of the two zygotes, will clearly consider that a drug that prevents implantation is an abortifacient agent. (angelusonline.org)
According to the press release issued by HHS , these regulations will "provide conscience protections to Americans who have a religious or moral objection to paying for health insurance that covers contraceptive/abortifacient services. (socialistworker.org)
Contraception10
In fact, this abortifacient action is so efficient that scientists recommending the IUD for "emergency contraception" note that only one in 1,100 women will remain pregnant after inserting the device from two days to two weeks after their last unprotected intercourse. (hli.org)
The Source pregnancy centers in Texas will offer some forms of contraception that can act as abortifacients, even though they say they won't refer for abortions. (lifesitenews.com)
The Obama administration has doubled down on its demand that insurance companies furnish women with all forms of contraception, including those that act as abortifacients, at no cost - cracking down on those who allegedly refuse to offer such drugs in their health. (physiciansforlife.org)
While Emergency Contraception MAY be abortifacient a percentage of the time, that is not its only mechanism. (physiciansforlife.org)
The bill permits forms of emergency contraception, including abortifacients. (lifesitenews.com)
Do their health plans have to include coverage for contraception or abortifacients? (christianitytoday.com)
Jong-Fast specifically referenced the recent debate in Missouri over whether to limit Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood over its provision of potentially abortifacient drugs - such as Plan B and Ella, which are given as " emergency contraception " - and IUDs. (liveaction.org)
Though Jong-Fast insists that pro-lifers are the ones erroneously conflating contraception with abortion, in truth, abortion supporters were the ones to falsely deny the abortifacient nature of some contraceptives by redefining widely understood scientific definitions of conception and fertilization. (liveaction.org)
In Jong-Fast's world, none of the above forms of contraception could be abortifacient, because although an embryo exists prior to implantation, the definition of pregnancy is the embryo's successful implantation into the uterine wall. (liveaction.org)
But IUDs also irritate the endometrium (the lining of the uterus) and make it inhospitable to the blastocyst (the very early developing human being), which is an abortifacient effect . (hli.org)
The patient information pamphlets for all of the IUDs made today describe in detail this abortifacient action. (hli.org)
Live Action News previously traced the move to redefine when human life begins as a way of hiding the abortifacient potential of IUDs, the birth control pill, and emergency contraceptives. (liveaction.org)
Contraceptives1
Because our mission is to abolish abortion, Students for Life of America does not take a stance on the morality of non-abortifacient contraceptives. (studentsforlife.org)
Mifepristone4
Common abortifacients used in performing medical abortions include mifepristone, which is typically used in conjunction with misoprostol in a two-step approach. (wikipedia.org)
Naomi Abbott lost her unborn baby in 2014 after ingesting the abortifacient mifepristone. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
A pathologist and medical examiner testified this week that the death of Abbott's unborn baby was "not a natural miscarriage" but the result of the abortifacient mifepristone. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
WaKeeney, Kansas, Police Chief Terry Eberle testified that on February 20, 2014, Bollig told him "he had sprinkled a drug called mifepristone [an abortifacient] on pancakes eaten by Abbott," Bell reported. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
Miscarriage1
An abortifacient ("that which will cause a miscarriage" from Latin: abortus "miscarriage" and faciens "making") is a substance that induces abortion. (wikipedia.org)
Pill4
a drug or device used to cause abortion: a biochemical abortifacient in pill form. (en-academic.com)
Respondeo: First, I take it that it is uncontroversial that the conventional 'pill' can act as an abortifacient. (blogspot.com)
Studies have found the Plan B pill acts as an abortifacient 80 - 92% of the time. (christiansforpersonhood.com)
Life Network Foundation Malta notes that the recommendations presented by Parliament through the Joint Health, Social Affairs and Family Affairs committee regarding the licensing of the morning after pill in Malta, have acknowledged not only that different types of MAP have different modes of action but that there are those that operate by the prevention of implantation of the embryo, thus achieving their goal by an abortifacient process. (lifenetwork.eu)
Causes abortion2
abortifacient - tɪ feɪʃənt n. drug which causes abortion, agent which causes the premature termination of a pregnancy adj. (en-academic.com)
Life Network, however, has no reason to doubt the overwhelming volume of evidence that points towards the abortifacient properties of MAPs and reaffirms its commitment to the defence of life from conception to natural death. (lifenetwork.eu)
Term used to describe1
Because "abortifacient" is a broad term used to describe a substance's effects on pregnancy, there is a wide range of drugs that can be described as abortifacients or as having abortifacient properties. (wikipedia.org)
Pregnant2
Abortifacient - In this medieval image, a midwife prepares a pennyroyal mixture for a pregnant woman. (en-academic.com)
On Wednesday a Trego County, Kansas jury returned not guilty verdicts on three of the four major counts against Scott Bollig, who was charged with spiking his ex-girlfriend's food with an abortifacient that cause Namoi Abbott to lose her unborn baby. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
Less than two months after Andrew Welden was sentenced to 13 years and eight months for tricking his girlfriend into taking an abortifacient that caused the death of her 6-week-old unborn baby, prosecutors have charged a Brooklyn man with slipping his girlfriend an abortion-inducing drug that caused the stillborn death of her 3-month-old unborn child. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
But it can and has been used as an abortifacient by inducing contractions, expelling an unborn baby. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
Hobby Lobby1
Cruz told the crowd at the 2013 Values Voter Summit that the Obama administration is forcing Christian-owned businesses like Hobby Lobby to provide "abortifacients" or pay millions of dollars in fees. (huffpost.com)
Pregnancy3
For thousands of years, writers in many parts of the world have described and recommended herbal abortifacients to women who seek to terminate a pregnancy, although their use may carry risks to the health of the woman. (wikipedia.org)
In the Bible, Biblical scholars and learned Biblical commentators view the ordeal of the bitter water (prescribed for a sotah, or a wife whose husband suspects that she was unfaithful to him) as referring to the use of abortifacients to terminate her pregnancy. (wikipedia.org)
Substance2
An abortifacient is a substance that induces abortion. (en-academic.com)
Abortifacient means that a device/substance is capable of unnaturally ending the life of a preborn child. (studentsforlife.org)
Medieval1
The medieval Islamic physician Ibn Sina documented various birth control practices, including the use of rue as an abortifacient. (wikipedia.org)
Birth control2
Fact: Chemical birth control can act as an abortifacient. (conservatibbs.com)
In the world of birth control, the area of focus for pro-lifers ( separate from religious belief ) is abortifacient v. non-abortifacient . (studentsforlife.org)
Agents1
Waddlia chondrophila fi ed no other infectious abortifacient ae / Waddliaceae / Criblamydiaceae ) was isolated from the brain and ner- agents in the Chlamydiales-positive (Figure). (cdc.gov)
Implantation3
Hence a drug that prevents implantation must be considered as abortifacient. (angelusonline.org)
No, it is up to the Church to defend the very beginning of human life and to condemn the use of any medication that prevents the continuation of that life by implantation in the uterine wall as abortifacient, under pain of participation in the crime of abortion. (angelusonline.org)
An in vivo method was utilized in order to determine any anti-implantation, early abortifacient and/or foetal resorption effects of these extracts. (who.int)
Effect3
Furthermore, there is clear and objective scientific evidence, presented to the conjoint Parliamentary committee, that most MAPs are abortifacient in effect. (lifenetwork.eu)
Some have an abortifacient effect," said Jeff Caruso with the Virginia Catholic Conference. (connectionnewspapers.com)
Caruso said the abortifacient effect was only one reason for opposition to Northam's proposal. (connectionnewspapers.com)
Drugs1
Other drugs with abortifacient properties can have multiple uses. (wikipedia.org)
Medicine1
abortifacient Medicine - [əˌbɔ:tɪ feɪʃ(ə)nt] adjective (of a drug) causing abortion. (en-academic.com)
Emergency1
ellaOne - Ulipristal - is an Abortifacient, but Deceptively Approved by FDA as an 'emergency. (physiciansforlife.org)
Properties1
Therefore, abortion being illegal in Malta, if a license is issued for a MAP in the face of scientific evidence demonstrating its abortifacient properties, the issuing authority - in this case the Superintendent of Public Health - may also become answerable at law. (lifenetwork.eu)
Services1
We explored community perceptions and beliefs relating to abortion , clients of abortion services, and abortifacients in Kenya . (bvsalud.org)
Women1
Community perception of abortion, women who abort and abortifacients in Kisumu and Nairobi counties, Kenya. (bvsalud.org)
Fact1
It does not follow from the fact that they are administered after sexual intercourse that they are necessarily abortifacient. (angelusonline.org)
Similarly, 11th-century physician Constantine the African described multiple abortifacient herbs, which he classified by order of their intensity, starting with abortifacients that had weaker effects on the body and ending with the most potent substances. (wikipedia.org)
Question1
Anyone who cares about it will find out quickly enough that taking those things act as abortifacients, but that doesn't settle the question of whether they intend them to act as such. (blogspot.com)