PBA302H: Contraceptives, Abortifacients, Pills

UTSFL is neutral on the morality of contraception, however the question will arise and we do need to consider some of the issues involved with contraception that relate to the abortion question.

https://www.bpas.org/about-our-charity/press-office/press-releases/women-cannot-control-fertility-through-contraception-alone-bpas-data-shows-1-in-4-women-having-an-abortion-were-using-most-effective-contraception/

• Contraception itself doesn't necessarily end the life of another human being – but if it does, that's where UTSFL does take a stance in opposition
• http://www.abort73.com/abortion_facts/which_birth_control_methods_cause_abortion/
• The de facto view: contraception reduces abortion
  • Abby Johnson points to Guttmacher stats that 54% of women having abortions were using contraception https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/tell-me-that-good-one-again-about-how-contraception-decreases-abortions
  • Janet Smith on Planned Parenthood v. Casey
  • Only long acting reversible contraception?
    • http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2015/09/contraception_abortion_and_planned_parenthood_debate_long_acting_birth_control.html
    • http://ubyssey.ca/media/images/2016/03/Contraception_Tiers_UCSFBedsider.jpg
  • Ross Douhat on comparing like to like, red state versus blue state instead of developed versus developing
    • Check maternal mortality rate too
  • http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/380574/does-contraception-really-reduce-abortion-rate-michael-j-new
• Does the pill act as an abortifacient? Life Training Institute podcast, reasons for doubt
• On the notion of sex and “consequences” and the relationship to abortion
  • http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/why-i-lost-faith-in-the-pro-choice-movement
  • http://utsfl.ncln.ca/2009/10/27/abortion-empowers-no-one-part-ii/

We need to understand the relationship between various forms of birth control and abortion as a backup to failed birth control. No form of birth control is 100% effective and preventing pregnancy after intercourse, and thus any approach to social relationships that involves intercourse but not the possibility of a children will inevitable raise the abortion question.

• Planned Parenthood v. Casey
• Janet Smith on contraception and abortion
• Comparison_of_birth_control_methods#Effectiveness_of_various_methods
  • http://www.decodedc.com/home/2014/10/10/episode-55-tackling-unwanted-pregnancies-a-conversation-with.html
  • Over 5 years… confirm numbers
    • condom: 63% chance of pregnancy
    • pill: 38% chance of pregnancy
    • IUD: 2%
      • Even with an IUD, over 5 years, 1 in 50 couples who are having sex but are not open to having a children will be faced with a unplanned pregnancy… that's still a huge demand for abortion, lot of killing…
• pregnancy is not a disease

These are direct forms of abortion, where the only purpose of these drugs is to cause the death of the child, versus contraceptives which may have the possibility to also act as abortifacients, but may be taken without knowing whether or not a child has been created yet.

A medical (or chemical) abortion is a non-surgical form of abortion in which the woman takes pills containing Mifepristone (RU-486) and Misoprostol (or Cytotec) to end the life of the baby. This procedure is performed during the first trimester of pregnancy. The drugs are approved by the FDA for use up to ten weeks since the first day of her last menstrual period (LMP).

http://abortionprocedures.com/abortion-pill/