tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498725671447004370.post3225082732765750416..comments2023-10-26T07:19:41.446-05:00Comments on Science Avenger: Confusion over the First Amendment: Pharmacists sue over Morning After PillScienceAvengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855046387193200080noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498725671447004370.post-23554086082717714692007-07-27T23:30:00.000-05:002007-07-27T23:30:00.000-05:00The myth that the morning after pill is an "aborti...The myth that the morning after pill is an "abortion" pill has been spread by the religious right, and it's been repeated in the press, but as far as I know all it does is prevent ovulation. There's a slim chance that it might prevent implantation of a fertilised egg; the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_contraception#Mechanism_of_action" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia article</A> says that studies in the 70s and 80s suggested that the drugs <I>could</I> change the endometrium, but recent studies have no supported this (which pretty much agrees with what I have read before).<BR/><BR/>The pharmacists may believe that they are being asked to sell an abortion pill, but if the FDA thought so, they would never have approved it as an OTC. It's just right wing disinformation.Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01010178962574928062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498725671447004370.post-12846493737452280992007-07-27T20:18:00.000-05:002007-07-27T20:18:00.000-05:00Great, so as bad as I thought their argument was, ...Great, so as bad as I thought their argument was, you're telling me it's even worse.ScienceAvengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00855046387193200080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498725671447004370.post-42413854909421862372007-07-27T19:08:00.000-05:002007-07-27T19:08:00.000-05:00Oh course, there's also the niggling fact that the...Oh course, there's also the niggling fact that the morning after pill doesn't cause abortions, it just prevents ovulation, so unless you are religiously opposed to birth control, you don't have a case. "Pro-life" has little to do with it. (Or maybe I'm just running my mouth...err fingers...and the case <I>is</I> actually about birth control.)<BR/><BR/>So how do I join Avengerism and get to ignore drunk driving laws?Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01010178962574928062noreply@blogger.com