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| | THE BIG MONEY OF THE MORNING-AFTER PILL |
 | | However, there are points of resistance to the cartel of the abortifacient drug. | | | The methods vary but the sought goal is always to deliver the drug free to minor young women, without a prescription nor medical control, and without parents' authorization. | | | Talking about it would be politically incorrect, they would risk frightening the clients, but from the scientific point of view it is a solid statement. |
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| | Expanding Access - Abstracts JAMWA55 |
| | A framework for additional research on misoprostol alone for medical abortion is presented with a focus on the need to evaluate benefits and risks of new regimens in the context of women's options for termination of pregnancy. | | | The Chinese experience has shown that medical abortion is well accepted as an alternative to surgical intervention when provided under medical supervision and administrative monitoring. | | | Overall, providers were satisfied with methotrexate as an abortifacient. |
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| | Catholic Culture : Document Library : Abortifacient Vaccines: Technological Update, Hazards, And Pro-Life Appraisal |
| | The health hazards to the vaccine recipient, the abortifacient nature of the vaccine, and the possibility of using this technology for social engineering, will require effective education from the Church as a whole for many years to come. | | | Furthermore, one method that the pro-life movement uses to convey the "humanness" of the fetus is to display graphic photos of fetuses with well formed fingers, eyes, hands, toes, a heart beating, etc. Abortifacient vaccines act to destroy the life in the embryonic (i.e. | | | While some pro-life leaders have admitted that getting sufficient numbers of protestors, sidewalk counselors, and other supporters at all the local clinics has been hard, demands to produce protestors for all the doctors distributing abortifacient vaccines would be next to impossible. |
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| | USCCB - (OGC) - Comments on FDA Proposal to Change EC from Prescription to Over-the Counter |
| | Therefore it is unsafe and may be toxic to developing human embryos, recognized in law and medicine as human subjects and patients in their own right. | | | The drug regimen under consideration can act as an abortifacient, rather than as a contraceptive in the traditional sense of that term. | | | Beginning in 1964, proponents of intrauterine devices (IUDs) decided to alter the medical definition of "conception" to equate it with implantation of the embryo in the womb. |
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| | Talk:Emergency contraception - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Because such drugs are generally considered to be abortifacients by pro-life groups, it has been the object of controversy within the wider abortion debate. | | | While you have been repeatedly reverting the article, I have edited this statement through at least three revisions to make it as noncontroversial as possible. | | | How does an "emergency contraceptive" prevent conception, when conception may have already happened? |
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| | Allthings2all: Oral Contraception and the Sanctity of Life (Is the Pill Abortifacient?) |
| | The article is particularly helpful because it is a review of the medical literature on this topic, and so looks at the articles by others and summarises the findings together. | | | I would prefer that discussion in the comments not detour onto the whole issue of "quiver full" as that is not what my post is addressing. | | | There are numerous reasons why this can happen, such as smoking, being on certain other prescribed medications etc. This is a red herring argument to use in trying to shore up the abortifacient view. |
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http://allthings2all.blogspot.com/2005/07/oral-contraception-and-sanctity-of.html
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| | The abortifacient nature of OCP and IUD use is openly admitted by the most ardent pro-abortion supporters. | | | Before presenting the evidence, the normal anatomy and histology (ie, the study of the body's tissues on a microscopic level) of the inner lining of the uterus, (ie, the endometrium) need to be explained (see Diagram B). | | | This appendix will focus on the medical and technical aspects concerning the cited questions regarding the pill's abortifacient qualities. |
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http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/kah/kah_03howpillworks.txt
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| | Life & Liberty Ministries: CONTRACEPTIVES, ABORTIFACIENTS-ABORTIFACIENT CONTRACEPTIVES |
| | There are more than 200 abortifacients under research at the present time. | | | He states, “Infant Homicides Through Contraceptives is a survey of research and literature clearly and unequivocally providing the conclusion that all steroid-based so-called 'contraceptives' and many other products are abortifacients in some instances, often more than has been surmised previously. | | | This effect is abortifacient.” (emphasis added) (Dr. & Mrs. |
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| | Hormone Contraceptives: Controversies and Clarifications |
| | Two additional lines of reasoning have more recently been offered by abortifacient theory proponents.(3, slides 42-48) The first has to do with integrins, an endometrial polypeptide which is felt by some to be associated with endometrial receptivity. | | | In fact, we are forced to conclude that in 14-35% of his data, the endometrial biopsy material is insufficient for meaningful interpretations. | | | In particular, one reference (35) is often quoted by abortifacient theory proponents as suggesting a "slightly" increased ectopic pregnancy rate on COC's. |
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| | EPM Resource - The Abortifacient Effect of the Birth Control Pill |
| | Given the dignity and preciousness of all human life at all stages of existence, the abortive nature of contraceptive drug poses serious ethical and moral problems for all doctors and pharmacists involved in their promotion." | | | Given the dignity and preciousness of all human life at all stages of existence, the abortive nature of contraceptive drugs poses serious ethical and moral problems for all pharmacists and doctors in their promotion." | | | Authored by physicians and other professionals, the packet's numerous articles outline the scientific evidence (or lack thereof) being pointed to in support of each position. |
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| | USCCB - Emergency "Contraception" and Early Abortion |
| | Thus a drug or device that destroys the early embryo or disrupts its development is redefined as "contra-ceptive," even though it is abortifacient in nature. | | | Instead of equating conception with fertilization, and seeing a woman as pregnant if her body contains a living, developing embryo, they equate "conception" and "pregnancy" with the implantation of the embryo in the uterus 6 to 10 days later. | | | A major problem in this debate is the manipulation of terms. |
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http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/abortion/fact1098.htm
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| | Catholic Community Forum Discussion Groups - USCCB sanctioning abortifacients? |
| | The inserts that come with the drugs plainly state that one of the ways they work is by making the lining of the womb inhospitable to the newly concieved children who are then expelled (aborted). | | | Unfortunately, I am not aware of any studies which have tried to determine what percentage of the time a child is aborted in these situations. | | | But the article clearly states that conception must not have had happened in order for the drug to be morally dispenced. |
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http://www.catholic-forum.com/forums/printthread.php?t=806
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| | Abortifacient - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Prescription drugs used as abortifacients have been controversial since the 1980s. | | | The methods of operation of these drugs are better understood than that of traditional herbal remedies. | | | Emergency contraception (the "morning after pill"), such as Plan B or the Yuzpe regimen, is also considered an abortifacient by those who hold that pregnancy begins at conception, as it may prevent in some cases the implantation of an already fertilized egg. |
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| | The Pill – Contraceptive or Abortifacient |
| | This is the precise biological description for any drug or device that acts to end a pregnancy once it has begun at conception. | | | The correct term to describe any interference with the pregnancy after conception has occurred is ‘abortifacient’. | | | Not so many people object to methods of contraception (condoms, diaphrams etc), because these methods prevent new human life being created. |
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| | Very Mom » Birth control |
| | I resent that misleading use of language every bit as much as I resent health care providers who think women are too stupid or irrational to understand their reproductive choices and the implications of those choices. | | | I thought I had been clear about the fact that I too found their statements alarmist and extremist - this was simply the first time I’d read any information about the “abortifacient effect” and wanted to discuss it. | | | I know it is my responsibility to learn about what I’m putting in my body but I was put on birth control by my doctor to improve my complextion. |
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| | Emergency Contraception ("Morning After Pill"): birth control or abortifacient? |
| | And since they believe that it terminates the life of a child -- a human person -- they regard both techniques as potentially inducing a murder. | | | Gracie Hsu of the Family Research Council said: "For pro-lifers in general, we believe that [human] life begins at conception and that means this, technically, is an abortifacient." | | | Instead of promoting this as an alternative for family planning, we should be emphasizing sexual responsibility." |
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| | This is the endometrium in which the approximately one-week-old new life seeks to nest and which is the source of nutrition for continued development.[4] Dr. | | | According the American Medical Association Committee on Human Reproduction," the action of the IUDs would seem to be a simple local phenomenon. | | | Therefore, in the polite language of medicine, the IUD contributed to a "fetal wastage" rate of 37% in these pregnancies.[9] CAN THE IUD AFFECT A WOMAN'S HEALTH? |
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http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARRIAGE/CCLIUD.TXT
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| | Pharmacist provision of medical abortifacients in Mexico City |
| | Knowledge about dosage and side effects was low; ongoing fieldwork with mystery clients will help to elucidate more about actual prescribing practices and information provision. | | | Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to: 1. | | | Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to |
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http://apha.confex.com/apha/132am/techprogram/paper_87582.htm
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| | Catholic Answers Forums - The pill as abortifacient |
| | Right, but it's not an acceptable means for family planning b/c it is actively avoiding the possibility of conception, whereas, NFP is a non-act (that's how it was explained to me). | | | Abortion is an act of direct killing that takes the life of a tiny human being-a life that begins at fertilization. | | | The condom does not act as an abortifacient. |
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http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=97065&goto=newpost
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| | ILJ Boards - Birth Control Pill can be Abortifacient |
| | Ultimately, no matter what the reason might be, if the unborn are human beings and a contraceptive method has a potential of being abortifacient; no one can be morally justified in using it. | | | If she desires to avoid pregnancy for life, there is no reason she should not consider permanent surgical sterilization. | | | I'm using birth control pills at the moment for another condition that I have that causes my body not to cycle regularly (or sometimes, not at all for many months). |
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| | Buried Treasure Books: Weblog » In the Beginning |
| | Before Steven and I were first married, we did what almost everyone does, with the encouragement of our pastor in premarital counseling: we visited the doctor to discuss birth control. | | | I do so, first, because I accept what is biologically manifest—that human life commences at the time of conception—and, second, because I believe it is wrong to take innocent human life under any circumstances.” (Dr. Landrum Shettles, pioneer in sperm biology, fertility and sterility, discoverer of male- and female-producing sperm) | | | In the comments from last night’s post, I reiterated that all forms of hormonal birth control have the possibility of being abortifacient. |
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| | New Page 3 |
| | Potentially abortifacient vaccines have also been developed, and have reportedly been used in India and elsewhere. | | | Abortifacient = An abortifacient is a defined as a “drug which induces abortion or miscarriage”. | | | The first three actions may impede conception, but the fourth is abortifacient. |
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http://www22.brinkster.com/ukcm/abor2.htm
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| | Quiverfull Pill Fact Sheet - Contraceptive Pills Abortifacient |
| | Given the dignity and preciousness of all human life at all stages of existence, the abortifacient nature of contraceptive drug poses serious ethical and moral problems for all doctors and pharmacists involved in their promotion. | | | The only way it could be stated with certainty that contraceptive drugs are not abortifacient is if they completely abolish ovulation in every woman during every cycle. | | | Put simply this means a newly created embryo is not allowed to implant in its mother's womb. |
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| | Abortion Procedures: Herbal Abortion |
| | Blue Cohosh is not recommended to anyone with heart problems of any kind, including a history of or heightened risk for heart attack, high blood pressure, low blood pressure, or stroke. Low blood pressure can be lowered even further. | | | Health risks can be considerable and may lead to death. See specific herbs for detailed information on risks. | | | Side effects of taking high doses of Vitamin C may include abdominal cramping, hot flashes, rashes, constipation, gas, diarrhea, headache, increased urination, irritability, joint pains, fatigue, weakness, insomnia, upset stomach, osteoporosis, anemia, low blood sugar, kidney irritation, and may deplete the body of the essential mineral copper (which decreases the body's ability to fight disease). |
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| | Life & Liberty Ministries: Birth Control Pill: Abortifacient and Contraceptive |
| | Daniel Mishell, writing in response to a question from a pregnancy aid center about the possible abortifacient nature of Depo-Provera, replied that there was no way. | | | The authors repeatedly state that no scientific proof has appeared in the medical literature demonstrating that the pill is abortifacient. | | | This is supported by the scientific work of the Alan Guttmacher Institute which can, in no way, be confused with a right-to-life organization. |
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| | Camouflaged merchandise - 1 |
| | However, they are officially classified as "contraceptive objects", and their manufacturers try to hold the confusion concerning their therapeutic action by speaking about the mobility of spermatozoids, ovulation, the cervical mucus, which is dishonest. | | | The ovulation rate that was already of 1 to 10%, and consequently the abortifacient effect, have also increased. | | | The IUDs do not prevent ovulation and are then mainly abortifacient (blastocides, they say). |
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| | Herbal Abortion |
| | The following herbs have abortifacient qualities, follow the links to find out about each individual herb, including the particulars, cautions and other stuff you should know about the individual herbs. | | | Don't attempt herbal abortion unless you are in good health - with no liver or kidney problems, AND know you can go through with a surgical or medical abortion if it doesn't work. | | | Tansy Should be used with caution, often has side effects, and is probably the most toxic herb listed here on this website. |
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| | Pharmacist vows he will not dispense abortifacient despite job loss |
| | If I give her this medication, that medication is designed to eliminate one of those lives, and that’s a position I choose not to participate in.” | | | Claiming that dispensing an abortifacient is not the same as performing an abortion, Ottenhoff explained, “In general, the aim was to give medical professionals who may be in a position to perform an abortion the right to abstain from doing so. | | | Rich Quayle said he is looking for other work, forfeiting his $100,000 a year job for the decision; one of two other pharmacists also suspended has decided to sign the pledge to keep her job. |
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| | ARS Project: AMELIORATING LIVESTOCK LOSSES FROM ABORTIFACIENT AND TERATOGENIC PLANTS (404708) |
| | Identify abortifacient toxins in pine needles and broom snakeweed and determine metabolism and clearance times. | | | Describe the pathophysiologic, endocrine, immunologic, and morphologic changes associated with the abortions, and define mechanisms. | | | ARS Project: AMELIORATING LIVESTOCK LOSSES FROM ABORTIFACIENT AND TERATOGENIC PLANTS (404708) |
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| | Kmart fires Pharmacist for not distributing abortifacient birth control methods |
| | In at least 45 out of the 50 States of the U.S., an employee pharmacist can be fired for refusing to dispense an abortifacient drug. | | | Since I believe that women should be permitted to make informed medical decisions, it should be mentioned that the new low dose combination birth control pills are potentially abortifacient also. | | | Kmart fires Pharmacist for not distributing abortifacient birth control methods. |
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| | Epigee Pregnancy Resources: Herbal Abortion |
| | Doctors and herbalists say they are "concerned" about the "increased interest" in the herb called pennyroyal as a "natural" abortion method. | | | Pennyroyal, Black or Blue Cohosh and other similar herbs are toxic in excess and can easily overtax the liver and kidneys, causing headaches, extreme nausea, bleeding, or even death. | | | What women are doing in these cases is creating such high toxicity that their own body is unable to sustain the pregnancy. |
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| | Argentine Judge Rules Abortifacient Birth Control Pill and IUD Illegal - Orders Them Destroyed |
| | The judges ruling was based on established medical fact noting that the drugs are abortifacient. | | | "...that oral birth control pills and the intrauterine device (IUD) are illegal in the pro-life country due to their abortifacient nature." | | | BUENOS AIRES, May 30, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Argentine Judge Cristina Garzon de Lascano of Cordoba province ruled last Thursday that oral birth control pills and the intrauterine device (IUD) are illegal in the pro-life country due to their abortifacient nature. |
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| | Birth Control and Abortion |
| | For the married couple, Natural Family Planning (NFP) provides a medically safe, healthy, highly effective and very low-cost method of planning your family. | | | Abortifacients work after fertilization (conception) by killing the newly conceived human at least some of the time. | | | Abortifacient Contraception: the Pharmaceutical Holocaust, Human Life Int’l., (540) 635-7884, (1993), p. |
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| | Pharmacists For Life International - PFLI.org - ©MCMLXXXIV-MMVI |
| | Nurses to dispense abortifacients in ALL primary and secondary UK schools | | | Propaganda arm of Klan Parenthood ranks states by ease of abortifacient drugs | | | Allergies to abortifacients and in-house steroids may explain various maladies in women; "...A significant number of patients in the latter [affected] group showed high levels of IgG, IgM and IgE antibodies against estrogen and progesterone...." |
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| | EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION |
| | In contrast, any method that acts at the embryo stage, when a pregnancy has already been established, is an abortifacient. | | | For example, there could be an ectopic pregnancy, or an incomplete termination, which may require a surgical intervention. | | | The name "Abortifacient" comes from "abortion" which is the medical term for a pregnancy termination. |
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| | ruah: 2005-01-23 |
| | A contraceptive is something that prevents conception from ever taking place. | | | An abortifacient is something that kills a developing embryo after conception. | | | As we have seen time and again, the pro-abortion forces use language that masks what they are talking about, because it's the only way to make abortion palatable to most people. |
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| | The American Spectator |
| | But she suspends her distaste for them if they profit off abortifacients and other drugs that liberals happen to like. | | | Hillary Clinton says Bush's FDA is "run not on the basis of science but on ideology," yet for baldly ideological reasons she will try and silence any FDA official who questions the prudence of placing abortifacients in the hands of teens. | | | No, but human embryos will die from the chemical poison Plan B and safety-first liberals see nothing unsafe in that and oppose precise warning labels on it lest teens avoid the drug. |
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| | EPM Books - Does the Birth Control Pill Cause Abortions? |
| | Postfertilization Effects of Oral Contraceptives and Their Relationship to Informed Consent by Walter Larimore, MD and Joseph Stanford, MD, MSPH | | | Are there options when a necessary medication can cause abortion? | | | Alternative Methods of Birth Control (which don't have the potential of being abortifacient) |
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| | Misoprostol (Cytotec) abortifacient-NSAIDs |
| | Because prostaglandins can affect many tissues, other actions of misoprostol have been identified. | | | Misoprostol may increase the frequency of uterine contractions, which is responsible for its abortifacient capability. | | | In addition, misoprostol has been shown to improve renal function in renal transplant patients treated with cyclosporine and prednisone.ÎÏ Misoprostol may offset cyclosporine-induced intrarenal vasoconstriction. |
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| | AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS ABORTIFACIENT DRUGS: Norplant System, Lo/Ovral, Ovral, Tri-Phasil, Nordette, Ovrette. |
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| | DISCUSSION From the seeds of the bitter Momordica charantia, 2 proteins with similar midterm abortifacient activities, molecular weights and electrophoretic behavior were obtained. | | | The observation that (and (momrcharin did not form a precipitin arc with an antiserum raised agains (momorcharin in the immunodiffusion experiment lends further support to the aforementioned contention. | | | The availability of the Momordica charantia abortifacient proteins in a pure form enables future investigation on other biological actions of the proteins as well their chemical characterization and comparison with other abortifacient proteins such as that from T. kirilowii root tubers (3). |
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| | Abortifacient: the Truth |
| | Suffice it to say that we would not be having this discussion, if the abortifacient effects in question were postponed to a later time. | | | However, in the interests of unifying and strengthening what he refers to as "our influence in the defense of life," Doctor Highbrow exonerates the pill pushers, and without even attempting to answer, in his own voice, the bogus question posed by his title, welcomes them into his fledgling association. | | | He begins by acknowledging the "mountain of medical literature" that shows how oral contraceptives kill a tiny human being who is doing his best to live. |
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| | The complete amino acid sequence of an abortifacient protein, karasurin. |
| | The state of the art may have changed since the publication date. | | | The sequence of karasurin revealed a considerable similarity to that of trichosanthin and alpha-trichosanthin, which are known as abortifacient, ribosome-inactivating and anti human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (the virus causing acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) proteins, with 93% and 98% identity, respectively. | | | Two C-terminal sequences were identified as Asn-Asn-Met-OH and Asn-Asn-Met-Ala-OH by sequence analyses and hydrazinolysis, but there was no micro-heterogeneity in other peptides analysed. |
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| | Morning After Pill |
| | In some cases, the way in which a device or drug works which is intended as a contraceptive has been a mystery. | | | Only after the IUD (interuterine device) was on the market for a number of years was it found to be abortifacient in effect. | | | Therefore, it does not reduce the number of abortions but increases it. |
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| | Study Tries Breast Cancer Drug Tamoxifen for AbortionYet Another Chemical Abortifacient |
| | Study Tries Breast Cancer Drug Tamoxifen for AbortionYet Another Chemical Abortifacient | | | issatisfied with the lengthy regimen associated with the use of the anti-cancer drug methotrexate to abort, and frustrated by the slow progress of the abortifacient RU 486 through the approval process, abortion researchers are now looking at a new chemical abortion method that employs tamoxifen, a powerful anti-estrogenic compound normally used to fight breast cancer. | | | Tamoxifen is one of the latest, but may not be the last attempt. |
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| | Catholic News Agency |
| | In their letter, the bishops write that, based on serious medical and scientific data, the Church “holds that life begins at the moment the ovum is fertilized: that is when the life a new human being begins. | | | This being so, we would be facing a reality that must be called by its name, beyond pseudo-scientific subtleties and the manipulation of words: it is simply called an abortion. | | | Ecuadorian bishops say science does not negate abortifacient nature of the pill |
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| | Abortifacient definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
| | Abortifacient definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms | | | MedicineNet Home > MedTerms medical dictionary A-Z List > Abortifacient | | | Please consult your healthcare provider before beginning any course of supplementation or treatment. |
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| | Medicina Antiqua: Essays: Rue |
| | One of its prime uses in Greek and Roman medicine was as an abortifacient and emmenagogue. | | | In addition to its abortifacient and emmanegogue activity it has antispasmodic activity with large doses resulting in GI pains, confusion, twitching and vomiting. | | | The ancient gynecologist Soranus describes a preparation of "3 drachmas of rue leaves, 2 drachmas of myrtle, 2 drachmas of laurel, mix with wine" as an effective abortifacient. |
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| | Walgreens Disciplines Four Pharmacists for Refusing Abortifacient Morning-After Pill Prescriptions |
| | Illinois’ Health Care Right of Conscience Act states that health care professionals are not obliged to act contrary to their conscience. | | | Blagojevich warned Illinois pharmacists in April to dispense the abortifacient morning-after pill or face legal backlash — despite a state statute that exempts pharmacists from participating in practices contrary to their religious views. | | | The pharmacies, all located in Illinois, are subject to a law instituted by Gov. Rod Blagojevich in April that forces pharmacists to fill prescriptions whether they are morally opposed or not. |
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