RU 486 News Again; The Morning After Abortion

Read the article below (highlighted) regarding the use of the Morning After pill. Then read the MorThanCorn opinion.

Study: 'Morning After' Pill Not Harmful to Fetus
Friday, August 26, 2005
WebMD
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,167163,00.html

Pregnancies that occur despite the use of emergency contraception that contains a progestin do not appear to be associated with any increased risk to mother or child, according to new research.

Although the number of women in the study was small, researchers found there was no apparent harm to the mother or developing fetus caused by using the emergency contraception -- known as the "morning after" pill -- in a failed attempt to prevent pregnancy after sexual intercourse.

Emergency contraception called Plan B consists of two 0.75-milligram doses of a progestin pill (levonorgestrel); each pill is taken 12 hours apart. A 1.5-milligram dose of levonorgestrel may also be taken in combination with an estrogen. The emergency contraception must be taken within three to five days of unprotected sex.

This form of emergency contraception is about 85 percent effective at preventing pregnancy and is believed to work in one of three ways: temporarily blocking eggs from being produced, preventing the formation of hormones within the ovaries that maintain a pregnancy, or keeping a fertilized egg from becoming implanted in the uterus.

A possible association between prepregnancy exposure to progestins and congenital abnormalities has been debated, they write. These abnormalities tend to arise from long-term use of levonorgestrel rather than short-term, low-dose preparations used in emergency contraception pills, they add.

Is this WebMD's attempt on putting the best possible face on failed attempts at terminating a life? Simply put, the article states 85% of the time, the 'Morning After' pill is successful at doing one of 3 things;
1) block the production of eggs
2) block hormones which maintain the life of the child
3) block the child from rooting into the uterus

If the pill is unsuccessful at one of the above three, then life continues.

With no medical background, it is still apparent to MoreThanCorn the second two options are ending the pregnancy by directly killing the child.

The pill is designed to at best keep a life from starting, at worst for ending a life.