Thursday, January 15, 2004
Just say no to MAP
"Advocates like the Greensboro News & Record say, "... [T]he morning-after
pill, if taken within 72 hours, prevents pregnancy after intercourse," yet
admits, "If fertilization should possibly occur, it keeps the fertilized
egg from being implanted in the uterus. That is the medical definition of
pregnancy."
That may be the social liberal definition of pregnancy, but any medical
dictionary will define pregnancy as beginning at conception. Once an egg
is fertilized, which can occur as early as 15 minutes after intercourse,
it contains all 46 chromosomes that shape a human being. Inside are all
the complex genetic details that make up a person's hair, eye color, sex,
skin tone and height. These details remain the same throughout a person's
life, except for location (inside or outside the womb). Thus, if the
morning-after pill is taken once the egg is fertilized, destroying a human
life, it's no longer a contraceptive but an abortifacient drug."
Reminds me of the time when I heard that partial birth abortion wasn't a real medical term. I was rather surprised, then, to find it in Merriam Webster's medical dictionary. Check it out here, where I think you'll find that it is a real medical term. It's congressional proponents, however, would like you to think that it's not.
Don't you love the internet?
pill, if taken within 72 hours, prevents pregnancy after intercourse," yet
admits, "If fertilization should possibly occur, it keeps the fertilized
egg from being implanted in the uterus. That is the medical definition of
pregnancy."
That may be the social liberal definition of pregnancy, but any medical
dictionary will define pregnancy as beginning at conception. Once an egg
is fertilized, which can occur as early as 15 minutes after intercourse,
it contains all 46 chromosomes that shape a human being. Inside are all
the complex genetic details that make up a person's hair, eye color, sex,
skin tone and height. These details remain the same throughout a person's
life, except for location (inside or outside the womb). Thus, if the
morning-after pill is taken once the egg is fertilized, destroying a human
life, it's no longer a contraceptive but an abortifacient drug."
Reminds me of the time when I heard that partial birth abortion wasn't a real medical term. I was rather surprised, then, to find it in Merriam Webster's medical dictionary. Check it out here, where I think you'll find that it is a real medical term. It's congressional proponents, however, would like you to think that it's not.
Don't you love the internet?