Obama and the Food and Drug Administration: No Credibility At All

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So, the FDA is against teenagers killing themselves and for teenagers killing others. (I apologize for referencing LA Times: I realize the article is biased and allows only one point of view to be voiced.) It angers me further to note that those being killed have no choice in the matter. (It is clear that all human rights are an illusion when the

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[cutiebirdgal]

The morning after pill is NOT an abortion pill.

says who?

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Proof? This webpage, among others (see my reply to Helzebel), says one of the effects of the hormone levonorgestrel* is to prevent implantation, which thus defines it as an abortifacient, "an abortion pill" as you say.

* From what I've read, levonorgestrel is apparently the main ingredient in most or all "emergency contraception" techniques, as well as a common ingredient in other "contraceptive" techniques.

[helzebel]

The morning after pill does not cause an abortion. It will stop the egg and sperm from merging if they haven't already; but if they have already merged, it will do nothing.

where's your proof? here's what i've read ...

[newagelink]

How do you propose Levonorgestrel works? I have been unable to find any documentation supporting your claim that it works only through preventing egg fertilization.

However, I found http://www.morningafterpill.org/how-does-it-work.html after doing a search, which acts as a hub for information that makes it pretty clear that yes, "emergency contraception" (EC) can cause an abortion and can act as "an abortion pill", as Price coined the phrase.

Apparently every pill that contains Levonorgestrel can do so. That site mentions the following study, which, after what appears to be a careful model, concludes that either there are more effects than ovulation disruption, or EC providers are overestimating (or lying about) its effectiveness in preventing pregnancy if that's the sole effect they claim: "Levonorgestrel emergency contraception: a joint analysis of effectiveness and mechanism of action." By: Mikolajczyk, Rafael T.; Stanford, Joseph B.. Fertility

Re: where's your proof? here's what i've read ...

[cutiebirdgal]

How about this- when I took the damn pill, I read the huge fold out instruction sheet, where they mention all side effects and the organic structure for crying out loud, and it told me if pregnancy has already occurred it will do nothing. Would you like the handout?

Re: documentation and meaning

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Yes, I would like to read it: Do they define "pregnancy" as starting from implantation, or starting from conception? (Politics and these abortifacient companies are pushing for the former, while science is clearly for the latter.) If their meaning is unclear, then their statement is inconclusive -- unless their unstated assumption is indeed "from implantation".

Given the ethics and importance of the question, I need to see more than "take our word for it", especially since the validity of their authority has been called into question by i) their own website and ii) that study I mentioned.