University of Toronto Students for Life: Plan B: What is the Big Deal?
A few weeks ago, one of my classes held a panel on the topic of emergency contraception, otherwise known as Plan B. During the discussion, one of my classmates said that Plan B does not work if the woman is pregnant. The facilitator replied to this by saying that since this is true, Plan B is not an abortifacient. How could this be, though? How could it be said that Plan B is not an abortifacient, knowing that one of the mechanisms of action of the morning after pill is to prevent the implantation of a newly formed embryo? I will highlight the main objections to the claim that Plan B can induce a very early abortion and subsequently provide the rationale for why these objections are not accurate. Question: Is the morning after pill, Plan B, an abortifacient? Objection 1: The medical definition of pregnancy involves both conception and implantation. Therefore, we should not treat a newly conceived embryo as human since we do not even define a woman as being pregnant until after implanta
