Incredible. But true:
The Food and Drug Administration approved a controversial new form of emergency contraception Friday that can prevent a pregnancy as many as five days after sex.The decision to allow the sale of the pill, which will be marketed under the brand name “ella,” was welcomed by family-planning proponents as a crucial new option to prevent unwanted pregnancies. But critics condemned the decision, arguing that it was misleading to approve ella as a contraceptive because the drug could also be used to induce an abortion.
Ella can cut the chances of becoming pregnant by about two-thirds for at least 120 hours after a contraceptive failure or unprotected sex, studies have shown. The only other emergency contraceptive on the market, the so-called morning-after pill sold as Plan B, is significantly less effective, becomes less effectual with each passing day and will not work after 72 hours.
Supporters and opponents both said the decision marked the clearest evidence of a shift in the influence of political ideology at the FDA. The last time the FDA considered an emergency contraceptive — making Plan B available without a prescription — the decision was mired in controversy amid similar concerns voiced by antiabortion activists. After repeated delays, Plan B was approved for sale to women 17 and older without a prescription.
Ella, which was approved in Europe last year and is available in at least 22 countries, was unanimously endorsed by an FDA advisory committee less than two months ago. Women will need a prescription but could keep a supply at home.
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posted August 14, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Part of the derivative evil of In Vitro Fertilization is that “Pregnancy” has been redefined. In IVF, fertilization occurs outside the womb. Thus, for the first time in human history conception and pregnancy no longer occur simultaneously in all cases. This in turn sets up the lies surrounding chemical abortifacients such as ella, RU486, and Plan B.
Medicine now defines pregnancy as beginning at implantation, a sop to the IVF and abortion constituencies. The politics of medicine aside, the leading texts in embryology all define life, a new organism, a new human being as starting at fertilization:
http://gerardnadal.com/2010/01/07/more-from-the-scientific-community-on-the-identity-and-status-of-the-human-embryo/
However, in the abortion-driven nomenclature changes of the Obstetrical world, drugs such as these are not considered abortifacients, because a pregnancy is defined as beginning with implantation, as opposed to conception. Ella makes the uterine lining unreceptive to the new human being in its embryonic stage of development, thus producing a miscarriage.
The late Msgr William Smith, moral theologian, used to say, “All social engineering begins with verbal engineering”.
Case in point.
posted August 14, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Here’s some reverse verbal engineering from Leslie Hanks over at Jill Stanek’s blog. Leslie refers to these chemical abortifacients as:
Human Pesticide.
posted August 14, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Msgr William Smith, moral theologian, used to say, “All social engineering begins with verbal engineering”.
I heard him say it many times. A very wise man!
posted August 15, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Good. If needed a woman won’t have to face whether to have an abortion or not, should she become pregnant against her will as in a rape situation. Another way for a woman to have control over her body.
posted August 23, 2010 at 7:34 pm
pagansister,
…and someone else’s.