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Contraceptives
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ceptive is the same as having an
abortion.
University offers Plan B
Shortly after the introduction of
the “morning-after pill,” women
were given the option to use emer
gency contraceptives after having
unprotected sexual intercourse.
The first method used in the Unit
ed States was developed in 1974
and consisted of administering
birth-control pills in high dosages
after a woman forgot to use contra
ception or had her method of con
traception fail. 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.
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