AboutBill Stephens Expertise I am definitely pro-life and can explain that position very well, along with related issues such as economic, sociological, emotional, and biblical.
Deborah Dee writes on 2007-03-05 23:12:22
I have done much study on this subject and would like to clarify that taking the pill can and does cause abortions. The pill works in 2 ways - one it prevents the sperm and egg from uniting but it also has a secondary mode of operation and that is that it does not allow a fertilized egg to implant into the uterine wall and it is "sloughed" off with the tissue. So in this case a baby was aborted and studies have shown that this actually happens to about 3 million babies per year. For this reason I do not think one can call himself pro-life unless they are against the birth control pill.
Michelle Thompson writes on 2007-04-25 03:19:07
I just wanted to add to your answer:
Stopping ovulation is the first way that birth control pills work, but with today's lower and lower dose hormones in pills, break-through ovulation is more common.
If ovulation breakthrough happens, the second way that birth control pills work is to prevent sperm from meeting the egg. This is also not an abortion; however, sometimes the egg is fertilized anyway.
If fertilization occurs, then the birth control pill works in a third and final way. It either prevents the embryo from implanting in the uterine wall (an abortion) -or- it causes the implanted embryo to die and be sloughed from its implantation place in the uterine wall (also an abortion)
- There is also a new bc pill called the "mini pill" which only has one of the female hormones used in regular bc pills (either estrogen or progesterone). This pill doesn't even attempt to stop ovulation or fertilization. Its only method of birth control is Abortion (preventing embryo implantation or causing the death and discharge of an already implanted embryo). This is the same way that traditional IUDs work.
Hope this helps!
emily writes on 2007-05-03 23:32:08
The pill works in three ways:
1. inhibiting ovulation (the primary mechanism), ?
2. thickening the cervical mucus, thereby making it more difficult for sperm to travel to the egg, and ?
3. thinning and shriveling the lining of the uterus to the point that it is unable or less able to facilitate the implantation of the newly fertilized egg.
The first two mechanisms are contraceptive. The third is ABORTIVE.
Anna writes on 2007-11-20 05:49:35
It should be noted that the third mechanism is not considered abortive by those who accept the medical definition of pregnancy as the attachment of a fertilized egg to the uterine lining. Birth control pills do not disrupt established pregnancies.
Interestingly, all three of these mechanisms also occur naturally in breastfeeding women. During lactation, progesterone levels rise, making a woman less likely to become pregnant. Taking birth control pills is an artificial simulation of this natural hormonal state.
