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Add to FavoritesThe morning after pill is a medical invention that has caused much debate. Some agree it is a wonderful invention that should be as easily obtained as any other birth control while some pro-life debaters claim the pill should never be prescribed. The debate is if the morning after pill is an early form of abortion. Education could ease many minds and end a long debate. Here is a crash course on the morning after pill.
The morning after pill is better known as Plan B. Plan B is simply a large dose of normal birth control pills that must be administered within 72 hours of unprotected sex. Plan B can only be obtained from a medical professional. Knowing where to get Plan B is important because due to the long debate of if the pill is abortion many doctors refuse to prescribe the pills. Know ahead of time where to find Plan B should you ever need it. Planned Parenthood can put you on the right track to what faculties in your area prescribe Plan B.
Plan B works by preventing the release of an egg from the ovary, preventing fertilization of an egg, and may also prevent an egg from attaching to the uterus. If a pregnancy has already occurred the use of Plan B will "NOT" stop the pregnancy. Plan B is not RU-486 which is an abortion pill. If you are pregnant Plan B will not abort the pregnancy. Thus Plan B is "NOT" abortion. Taking Plan B if pregnant has not proved to be of any harm to mother or child.
The sooner you get Plan B into your system after unprotected sex the better the success rate. The first pill needs to be taken as soon as possible after unprotected sex and must be taken within 72 hours to be effective. The second pill will need to be taken 12 hours after the first. Taking the pill within 72 hours decreases the chance of pregnancy by 89%.
There are some side effects related to the use of Plan B. Side effects include headache, nausea, abdominal pain, vomiting, tiredness, dizziness, breast tenderness, and menstrual cycle changes. Side effects are usually mild in nature. If you have severe side effects you should see a doctor immediately. If you vomit within one hour of taking a dose of Plan B you must take another dose in order to be protected. If you do not have a period the month after you have taken Plan B you should see a doctor to make sure that you are not pregnant.
This information proves that Plan B is not abortion. The use of this pill can save many children from being raised by parents who did not want them as well as from abuse and neglect. Plan B should be widely available to women who are not prepared to be a mother. Plan B is the cure for the numbers of teen and unplanned pregnancies as well the burden placed on rape victims who otherwise would be forced to have a child they were forced to conceive. The only flaw is many women cannot get Plan B prescribed. Medical faculties need to make this pill widely available to women. Looking at Plan B in this light would you not want to have the choice if you were the person facing an accidental pregnancy?
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What a concept! Take a pill, and reverse conception!
The morning-after pill does not always prevent pregnancy. Often, it may abort a pregnancy instead.
Although it has been labeled an EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE, this after-the-fact pharmaceutical is not a contraceptive. Usually, it does not prevent conception at all, although it may terminate a fertilized embryo.
Seen by many as a stop-gap measure, after the deed is done, the morning-after pill may only destroy what conception may already have occurred.
WHAT IS THE MORNING-AFTER PILL?
Actually, it is an extremely high dosage of a regular birth control pill. (Usually, it is at least two times the normal potency.) Administered during the 72-hour time frame after unprotected intercourse, the pill is supposed to end a potential pregnancy.
The morning-after pill may be estrogen, progesterone, or a combination of both.
Since 2006, the progesterone formulation, known as Plan B, has been available to women (18 years and older) without a prescription. Younger women must present a doctor's prescription. Planned Parenthood has become a major distributor of Plan B.
According to DuraMed (Barr Pharmaceuticals), the manufacturer, Plan B will only prevent pregnancy and will not work once conception has occurred.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The morning-after pill may stop ovulation, if an egg has not already been released. In some cases, this may prevent fertilization from occurring. It may also interrupt the woman's normal menstrual cycle, which would interfere with conception as well.
Usually, the pill will irritate the uterine wall, so that a fertilized embryo (fetus) will be rejected from the woman's body and die.
This is known as a chemically-induced abortion, and this is the ultimate risk of the morning-after pill.
Pro-choice (pro-abortion) advocates will argue that a pregnancy does not begin until the fertilized egg is implanted in the uterine wall. Pro-life advocates will contend that it starts with the meeting of egg and sperm. (How else would an ectopic PREGNANCY be possible, when the fetus begins growing in a fallopian tube?)
Additional risks might be side effects, such as abdominal pain, breast tenderness, dizziness, fatigue, headache, nausea, vaginal bleeding, and vomiting.
THE ABORTION PILL
Another option, Mifeprex (mifepristone), is commonly called the abortion pill (or the French formulation, RU-486). This destroys a living and developing fetus within the woman's body, which then expels it. This pharmaceutical is administered immediately after conception or even at some later point.
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http:/ /www.emergencybirthc ontrol.org/
http://ww w.fda.gov/cder/drug/ infopage/planB/planB QandA.htm
http://www. go2planb.com/ForCons umers/Index.aspx
http ://www.mayoclinic.co m/health/morning-aft er-pill/AN00592
http: //www.morningafterpi ll.org/mapinfo1.htm
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