To: combjelly who wrote (792882 ) 7/1/2014 3:49:53 PM From: bentway Respond to To me, the morning-after pill is a gray area. Some think it's equivalent to an abortion. Some think it isn't. It's only a "gray area" to those who believe a woman is pregnant the morning after she has unprotected sex! Which NO scientists believe. A lot of things have to happen for the fertilized egg to become viable, and those things take more than a few hours, and often never happen at all. Here's the skinny, which apparently no Justices were aware of:ec.princeton.edu emergency contraceptive pills (also called " morning after pills " or "day after pills") prevents pregnancy after sex. It does not cause an abortion. (In fact, because emergency contraception helps women avoid getting pregnant when they are not ready or able to have children, it can reduce the need for abortion .)Emergency contraceptive pills work before pregnancy begins. According to leading medical authorities – such as the National Institutes of Health and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists – pregnancy begins when the fertilized egg implants in the lining of a woman's uterus. Implantation begins five to seven days after sperm fertilizes the egg, and the process is completed several days later. Emergency contraception will not work if a woman is already pregnant.emergency contraceptive pills work depends on where you are in your monthly cycle when you take them. EC works primarily, or perhaps exclusively, by delaying or inhibiting ovulation (release of your egg). It is possible that EC may affect the movement of egg or sperm (making them less likely to meet), interfere with the fertilization process, or prevent implantation of a fertilized egg. The copper in Copper-T IUDs can prevent sperm from fertilizing an egg and may also prevent implantation of a fertilized egg.click here . You can also read more about the difference between EC and medical abortion on this fact sheet from the American Society for Emergency Contraception.clicking here
