Category Archives: The Pill, RU-486 & Plan B

I seldom get hot under the collar on the air. But a recent decision by the Obama administration has got my dander up.

Last week, the President threw America’s parents and their daughters under a bus. And I’m hopping mad about it—and not just because I have a young daughter of my own.

First, a little history: In 2011, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the Food and Drug Administration’s request to make the “Plan B One-Step” drug available to all women and girls without a prescription, no matter their age. Plan B is a so-called emergency contraception drug that its maker admits could “inhibit implantation” of a fertilized egg in the womb. Sebelius agreed with the decision to distribute the drug—but insisted girls must be at least fifteen to purchase Plan B One-Step.  Read more... (700 words, estimated 2:48 mins reading time)

by Susan Warhus, M.D.

Q. Do birth control pills cause abortions?

A. Gee, I didn’t realize how controversial this topic was until I started to do the research to answer your question!

Most everyone agrees that contraceptive barrier methods (condoms, diaphragms, cervical caps, spermicide) form a chemical or physical barrier that prevents the sperm and egg from getting together. Therefore, assuming contraception is effective, a fetus forming or an abortion occurring is essentially impossible.

The debate sparks up when other forms of birth control, such as the intrauterine device (IUD) and hormonal contraception (pills, injections, rings, patches, implants) come up.  Read more... (590 words, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)

by intern Anne Marie

Perhaps the best-kept secret of modern medicine is the link between oral contraceptives and increased breast cancer risk.

While combined oral contraceptives, better known as The Pill, rank as Group I carcinogens according to a 2005 report released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (Preamble here), an arm of the World Health Organization, doctors continue to routinely prescribe the pill for a variety of conditions, ranging from acne to birth control (American Cancer Society, 2008)….  Read more... (334 words, 1 image, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)

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If you are already on the pro-choice side of the house, feel free to skip this part. After all, if life begins whenever you define it (instead of, oh I dunno, at the beginning) then the fact that The Pill causes abortions won’t be of any consequence to you. But for the sane among us, educate yourself:

How the Pill Works as an Abortifacient:

(http://youtu.be/jiCU46_lWeE)

The Pill as it exists today does not just prevent life from ever coming into being, it destroys it after it is created. A human person is killed by The Pill.  Read more... (102 words, estimated 24 secs reading time)

by  Mike Fichter

It’s official – the Obama administration has thrown in the towel on its half-hearted effort to keep age restrictions on the over-the-counter sale of so-called “emergency contraceptives.”  The unsurprising capitulation now paves the way for what the Food and Drug Administration promises will be swift approval for making the drug openly and readily available to girls of any age.

Welcome to the latest lowlight in this culture’s mad rush into the abyss.

Welcome to an America where pills that can kill a new life after fertilization may now be stocked next to chewable vitamins and superhero bandages.  Read more... (292 words, estimated 1:10 mins reading time)