Plan B and abortions

[Eileen_T]

Whether or not ovulation had occurred prior to a rape.

 

[Island_Oak]

Eileen T:

Yes, but determining whether or not ovulation had or had not occured in the previous few days would not always be easy.

How would they do that?

To be honest…I’ve never been in this situation nor am I a physician. I’m sure it is part timing (where in her cycle a woman is) and perhaps blood/hormone testing. As to the details…you’d have to check with a doc.

 

[1ke]

Lazerlike42:

Doesn’t this somewhat… make it problematic to argue about abortions because if the embryo is a human being before it implants, then 50% of all human beings simply die naturally? What impact does this have on the theological side of things?

100% of all human persons die. It does not matter whether they die at 1 day old or 100 years old.

What matters is not when they die but whether they are killed. So, the only thing morally problematic is abortion.

 

[pgoings]

It doesn’t matter. Artificial contraception is not morally permissable. … Whether or not ovulation had occurred prior to a rape.

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t believe that this is what the Church teaches. I believe that, while it is true that an embryo may not be destroyed or its implantation prevented, in such a case it is entirely licit to attempt to prevent conception by delaying ovulation chemically and by removing the semen when possible.

 

[1ke]

pgoings:

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t believe that this is what the Church teaches. I believe that, while it is true that an embryo may not be destroyed or its implantation prevented, in such a case it is entirely licit to attempt to prevent conception by delaying ovulation chemically and by removing the semen when possible.

You are correct.

Rape is not intercourse, it is a forced act of violence. Preventing ovulation/expelling semen is not an act of contraception, it is self-defense.

 

[Seatuck]

Compassionate and understanding care should be given to a person who is the victim of sexual assault. Health care providers should cooperate with law enforcement officials and offer the person psychological and spiritual support as well as accurate medical information. A female who has been raped should be able to defend herself against a potential conception from the sexual assault. If, after appropriate testing, there is no evidence that conception has occurred already, she may be treated with medications that would prevent ovulation, sperm capacitation, or fertilization. It is not permissible, however, to initiate or to recommend treatments that have as their purpose or direct effect the removal, destruction, or interference with the implantation of a fertilized ovum.19

usccb.org/bishops/directives.shtml

 

[astegallrnc]

Eileen T:

Yes, but determining whether or not ovulation had or had not occured in the previous few days would not always be easy.

How would they do that?

Assessing cervical mucus, pelvic u/s, and/or lab work.

Autumn