Memo
Published August 25, 2006
Updated August 25, 2006
Emergency Contraception: A Fact Sheet — EC is Contraceptive, not Abortifacient
SUMMARY
Fact sheet clarifying that Emergency Contraception is contraception and not an abortifacient (causing an abortion).
Emergency Contraception works post-intercourse but pre-implantation to prevent a pregnancy and thus acts as a contraceptive. Everyone from the Bush administration’s FDA to the National Right to Life Council considers Plan B and other EC to be contraception – clearly distinct from RU-486, the medical abortion pill.
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