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This method, still used by some doctors today, was dubbed the “morning-after pill.” But like the medications used to day, the pills can be taken up to 72 hours after unprotected sexual in tercourse. Today, there are drugs that will work with just one pill, or some times a series of pills, that are manufactured specifically for emergency contraception purpos es. Colleen Jones, a women’s health nurse practitioner at the Universi ty Health Center, said the health center offers the brand Plan B, which contains the hormone prog estin, to anyone who has had un protected sex within 72 hours of a visit. The drug is paid for by Planned Parenthood’s Family Planning Expansion Program, which provides students with free pelvic exams and free contracep tives. Jones said emergency contracep tives are not pills that will induce an abortion. “Emergency contraception will not terminate a pregnancy,” Jones said. “If a woman thinks she’s pregnant, it’s already too late to take the contraception.” Right to Life Chairwoman Lori Eckstine disagrees. She said any time a life is conceived, whether it has implanted in the womb or not, it is considered a life. Taking emer gency contraceptives is therefore an abortion, she said. “From the moment of concep tion, your eye color, hair color — everything about you — has al ready been determined,” Eckstine said. “All that is needed is time and nutrition for a life to grow.” Right to Life is a Catholic anti abortion organization that is op posed to all forms of emergency contraception because, as Eckstine said, the pills are taken after con ception has occurred. “Whether or not the fertilized egg would have naturally implant ed or not cannot be determined be fore the drug is taken,” Eckstine said. A political and moral issue Diane Duke, Planned Parent hood's associate executive direc tor, said there are a lot of miscon ceptions about what emergency contraception is, and because of that, it’s turned into a political is sue. She said some pharmacists will not fill prescriptions for emer gency contraceptives because they believe, as does the Right to Life group, that the drugs are in fact abortive devices. Wal-Mart has been threatened with boycotts from pro-choice groups after its May 1999 decision not to carry Preven, an emergency contraception kit that includes a pregnancy test and a series of pills. Wal-Mart spokeswoman Jessica Moser said the decision is not be cause of moral or political reasons, but because of customers’ de mands. “The main factor certain groups have been attacking us on is the moral factor,” Moser said. “Our customers do not have a problem with us not carrying Preven.” Moser also said that Wal-Mart, which runs one of the nation’s leading community pharmacies, still fills prescriptions for other forms of emergency contracep tives, such as the method using high dosages of birth-control pills. “We make all our decisions based on what’s best for our busi ness,” Moser said. “Morality has nothing to do with it.” Brian Terrett, director of public relations for Sacred Heart Medical Center, said the hospital’s emer gency room will give emergency contraceptives to sexual assault and incest victims within 72 hours after the assault, as long as they are not already pregnant. The emer gency room will not give the con traceptives to those who are not victims. “We only give the contracep tives to those who are victims be cause that is our hospital policy,” Terrett said. He also said the poli cy was probably devised this way because the hospital is Catholic owned and operated. 1 COLLEGE STODENT SPECIALS! Ask us for details joy or Lease Montero Si get a Mount ««r BeWtt Value ’01 Mitsubishi Montero Sport Ar, AM/FM CD, Power Windows & Locks, Aloys,Tilt. #60513 $19,988 www.emeraldcars.com * 342-6600 * Valley River Auto Center University of Oregon 2001-2002 Ella Travis Edmunson & Mercy Travis Davis Scholarship Opportunity Nine scholarships will be awarded in the sum of $3,000 each. 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