December 17, 2003

"Morning-After" Pills Next to the Tylenol

Selling Plan B, a "morning-after" pill, over the counter might not be as bad as I first thought. The pill is a massive dose of hormones that can prevent fertilization (My views aren't as strict as those of the Catholic Church). But it can also prevent a fertilized egg from implanting itself in the uterus. When that happens it's a chemical abortion, and that's my problem with it. If a pill could be made where only fertilization was prevented, my opposition would be cease. Regardless of my moral concerns, an FDA advisory panel recommended morning-after pill be sold as easily as asprin.

"Fed Panel Backs Easier Morning-After Pill" [via Cam Edwards]