Do a lot of people consider the Plan B (morning after pill), the same as the abortion pill?

Question

I'm just curious, because a lot of people have referred to the Plan B as being the abortion pill, but it's not. Do a lot of people think they're the same thing, or do people just consider the morning after pill to be just as bad?

RU-486 is the name of the abortion pill, I just thought I'd add, I just found out what it's called!

Answer 1

A lot of people on here are STILL wrong after answering your question...

Levonorgestrel is a synthetic progestogen used as an active ingredient in hormonal contraceptives. It is the same chemical that is used in emergency contraceptives, just a much higher amount. (1500 μg for EC as apposed to 30-200 μg for BC)

Remember that Plan B is not Mifeprex/Mifepristone (RU-486 -the abortion pill). Because Plan B is used to prevent an unplanned pregnancy mainly by stopping the release of an egg from the ovary, and may also prevent the fertilization of an egg , IT WILL NOT WORK IF YOU'RE ALREADY PREGNANT. If you take Plan B and are already pregnant, it will not affect your existing pregnancy.

Mifeprex/Mifepristone is used to terminate intrauterine pregnancies of up to 49 days gestation. Under the FDA-approved regimen, a 600 mg dose is administered by a clinician following a counseling session. It works by stopping the supply of hormones that maintains the interior of the uterus. Without these hormones, the uterus cannot support the pregnancy and the contents of the uterus are expelled.

Answer 2

It is not the same as an abortion, but since it can interfere with the implantation of a fertilized egg, it's hard to argue that the pills have no abortifacient aspects. Emergency contraception can delay ovulation (thus preventing fertilization), but it can only delay ovulation if you're at the right point in your cycle when your "emergency" happens. If ovulation is imminent or actually in progress, the morning-after pill can't send your egg back to the ovary. It can't prevent fertilization either, as it has no effect on sperm. The only way it can still "work" in this case is by thinning the uterine lining so that implantation is less likely. And that possible outcome is what some people object to on ethical grounds. They might reasonably object to an IUD on the same grounds---that it doesn't stop life from being created in the first place, only from taking hold. Which I can certainly understand, but I do think the morning-after pill is preferable to a surgical or medical abortion weeks later. People have a right to their ethical or religious beliefs, and they also have a right to know exactly how a medication works---so they can make an informed decision about when and whether to use it. If people don't want to interfere with a fertilized egg, they shouldn't be called ignorant for that, and they shouldn't be lied to either.

Answer 3

Plan B doesn't necessarily stop the sperm and egg from meeting... it can also stop an already-fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus (by the way, so can regular BC pills, it's one of the back-up methods of the pill's function). If a person were to believe that life begins at conception, then it makes sense that they would think that Plan B is a type of "abortion." Of course this doesn't make sense to anyone who thinks that life begins at implantation or any other one of those arbitrary points that people pick.

But as for your specific question, I think a lot of people who call it "the abortion pill" are just confused - they don't realize there are two different pills here.

Answer 4

No, the morning after pill should be called the...

"responsible thing to do so I don't get pregnant and need an abortion pill"
or
"responsible thing to do so I don't have a teenage pregnancy pill"
or
"responsible thing to do so I'm not a burden on social security pill"

Sometimes people mess up, don't use protection, and taking the morning after pill is the responsibe thing to do. Its not an abortion pill, there isn't a baby yet so what are they aborting?

Answer 5

I don't know why people don't use this pill all the time. Even if a girl were to go out and get drunk, sexing around without restraint. there would still be enough time to go to the doctor and get this pill the next morning. It kills no baby. its hardly more than a huge dose of birth control. In my opinion this pill should be used a lot more.

Answer 6

personally I dont. to me the morning after pill stops the egg and sperm fusing (if theres a chance theyre going to meet) but abortion or the abortion pill are totally different things as by the time theyre done the egg and sperm havent only just met, theyve formed into a fetus with a heartbeat.

Answer 7

no no no, plan b doesn't kill the fetus. what it does, is make the uterus a hostile place for the egg to attach so a bb is never made. just like other bc pills. it prevents, it doesn't kill it. alot of people don't understand the difference.

Answer 8

I think most people know the difference, but there are a few poor souls who believe it's the same thing. There are also some who think both are wrong even knowing the difference.

Answer 9

I am against abortion. I don't know...I don't think the morning after pill is considered abortion cause it prevents the sperm from entering into the egg. So, there was no life. at least thats how I see it. I wouldn't use that as a birth control method though.

Answer 10

almost every christian faith considers the plan b to be the same (as far as being morally wrong) as the abortion pill

they figure you have the egg and sperm fused, and the abortion pill kills that fusion

however, the eastern orthodox church does approve things like condoms and the actual "pill" itself, but does not approve the morning after pill, abortion, or the little plastic insert thing that knocks off planted eggs.

either way, it terminates a pregnancy and this is why i, and (im sure) many other people consider it to be just as bad or the same