All Birth Control Pills Arbortifacient?

[Starwynd]

Are all birth control pills considered to be abortifacient(sp?)?

Personally, if they are, I dont’ see how. The morning after pill I can see.

But most prevent the sperm from fertilising the gg, so I don’t udnerstand how it could be so considered.

 

[peary1]

Are all birth control pills considered to be abortifacient(sp?)?

Personally, if they are, I dont’ see how. The morning after pill I can see.

But most prevent the sperm from fertilising the gg, so I don’t udnerstand how it could be so considered.

Not all birth control pills are considered abortifacient; however, sometimes they prevent fertilization and sometimes if not prevented, the fertilized egg will still be aborted.

 

[Corki]

Are all birth control pills considered to be abortifacient(sp?)?

Personally, if they are, I dont’ see how. The morning after pill I can see.

But most prevent the sperm from fertilising the gg, so I don’t udnerstand how it could be so considered.

If you read the patient information package that comes with the pills you will see the “actions” listed. This information is available on line by looking up the specific brand name of the pill.

The primary action of all BC pills it to prevent ovulation. Depending on the pill, the effectiveness at acheiving that goal can be very high (99%) but is less with lower dose pills or if the woman does not take the pill like clockwork. So far, not abortifacient.

The secondary action is to make the lining of the uterous hostile to implantation. This means that if the egg is fertilized, the pill will act in a way that makes implantation impossible or keeps the egg from implanting successfully. This is where the pill becomes abotifacient. This action is basically the same as what IUDs do.

BC pills don’t prevent the sperm from fertilizing the egg, though they usually have a negative effect on mucous which makes fertilization easier. They either prevent the egg from being released or they prevent the new baby from implanting.

Morning after pills have the same actions. If you haven’t ovulated, they have a high dose of the same drugs as BC pills to try to suppress pending ovulation. If you have ovulated, that same high dose affects the uterine lining to prevent implantation.

 

[EmeraldWings]

Are all birth control pills considered to be abortifacient(sp?)?

Personally, if they are, I dont’ see how. The morning after pill I can see.

But most prevent the sperm from fertilising the gg, so I don’t udnerstand how it could be so considered.

although all birth control pills may not be abortificants, that still doesn’t mean they’re ok, the reason it’s wrong is because it does not leave open the conception of a child, and can essentially be the same as a man “spilling his seed”

 

[kage_ar]

There are many “brands” and variations of BCPs.

You can spend some time on line doing research, go to the brand web sites and read the “package inserts” (the fine print stuff that no one actually reads in any medicine). Sometimes it is listed on the web site as “perscribing info”.

Read through those, and wherever you find anything about preventing implantation, you have found an abortificient.

Here is a link to the YAZ insert.
berlex.bayerhealthcare.com/html/products/pi/fhc/YAZ_PI.pdf?WT.mc_id=www.berlex.com

At the bottom of page one (in the left column) you will see “reduces liklihood of implantation”.

 

[Starwynd]

although all birth control pills may not be abortificants, that still doesn’t mean they’re ok, the reason it’s wrong is because it does not leave open the conception of a child, and can essentially be the same as a man “spilling his seed”

Right because sex and marriage is for procreation only.

 

[Corki]

Right because sex and marriage is for procreation only.

No, that’s not true but that’s a topic for another thread.

 

[1ke]

Are all birth control pills considered to be abortifacient(sp?)?

Most currently on the market today are.

Personally, if they are, I dont’ see how.

Read the doctor’s prescribing information for any birth control pill. This information states plainly that the pill has three mechanisms by which is works one of which is thinning the uterine lining to prevent implantation. Thinning the uterine lining to prohibit implantation is abortifacient.

The morning after pill I can see.

The morning after pill is nothing more than a birth control pill with extra dosage. So, how is it that you believe the m.a.p. to be abortifacient and not the b.c.p. when they are the same thing?

But most prevent the sperm from fertilising the gg,

Do you have a source for this information?

so I don’t udnerstand how it could be so considered.

See above. Also, there are some really good booklets written by doctors on this subject available at www.omsoul.com

 

[Texas_Roofer]

Are all birth control pills ***considered ***to be abortifacient(sp?)?

no one knows a direct answer they maybe “consider” either way as such is only an opinion

Personally, if they are, I dont’ see how. The morning after pill I can see.

But most prevent the sperm from fertilising the gg, so I don’t udnerstand how it could be so considered.

actually the plan is stop ovulation so no egg exists. Human errors plus nature produce some eggs anyway. It is reasonable to believe some of these eggs are then fertilized. Some are lost but losing fertilized eggs is common. Some fertilized eggs produce health babies. The church teaches the method is unnatural and thus should not be used

 

[manualman]

It’s important to avoid labeling the pill as an abortifacient. Instead, call it a “POTENTIAL” abortifacient.

1. Nobody really knows how often breakthrough ovulation and we sure wouldn’t want a controlled study done to find out (ghastly).
2. Calling it abortifacient flat-out is like accusing the user of procuring an abortion. Contraception is wrong in and of itself. There is no need to overstate the case to make it seem stronger. That is a self-defeating strategy. To equate the pill and abortion is ALMOST like equating the automobile and murder. The PRIMARY function and intent of the pill is to suppress ovulation. Sometimes that primary function doesn’t work right, a child is conseived and then dies due to failure to implant. The primary function of a car is to get people places. Sometimes the car or its operator go wrong and people die. Neither is intentional, nor the intended function of the technology, so neither is murder.

Sometimes we catholics are our own worst enemies. We have a strong case on both the abortion and contraception front. There is no need to over-state it in attempts to short cut to the goal of mass persuasion.

 

[Ron_Conte]

All birth control pill use some form of hormone to alter the normal cycle, which includes altering the lining of the uterus, making implantation more likely to fail. So this means that all BCPs are abortifacient, some more than others.

Also, spermicides have been shown to be abortifacient, since the chemical tends to spread to the uterus also preventing implantation.

mere barrier methods are not abortifacient.

IUDs are abortifacient.