Plan B pill?

Question

So, i don't understand. What is the difference between having an abortion(knowing your pregnant) and the plan b pill? Either way you are getting rid of something, right??? Plan b is used to terminate an egg being fertilized, when it could have been. And abortion is to terminate a known fetus. Someone explain if I'm totally out of left field here because i don't think plan b is any better. All i have been reading about lately is how people are taking plan b like its candy

Answer 1

The Plan B pill can work like an abortion, in the same way the RU-486 does.

The website I have cited the provides following piece of information:
"Plan B® may also work by preventing it from attaching to the uterus (womb)."
This is something that the RU-486 does, too.

The website is erroneous, however, in saying that "it will not affect an existing pregnancy. ", for it is a scientific fact that life begins when the egg is fertilized, and the egg is fertilized BEFORE it attaches to the uterus. Therefore, the Plan B drug can work as an abortifacient by ending the life of a fetus that simply has not yet attached to the uterine wall.

I hope this helps clear up the confusion :)

Answer 2

Left Field? How about Right Wing?

What do you mean 'any better than having a termination'? Are you condemning a woman's right to choose? Because that is a risky place to go when you don't seem to have any grasp of the facts.

Having a termination is ending a pregnancy. Stopping a foetus from growing any further, and removing it from the woman's body.

Taking emergency contraception (call it 'plan b' if you like) stops the egg either a. being fertilised in the first place or b. becoming implanted in the womb. It has nothing to do with a fetus, because there isn't one yet.

It is not wise to 'take it like it's candy' because it' s not good for your body, but it is a far cry from having a surgical procedure.

Answer 3

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 4

Plan B is usually used during the first 72 hours. There is also a medical abortion which is a pill used in the first 8 weeks. It is just a simple medication taken in 2 doses. The egg usually comes out in the form of a bloody pouch (gross, i know). An abortion is an actual procedure. You have to get your cervic dilated (which is very painful) and then have them either use a vacuum or "scratch" the placenta from where it is attached (sounds painful but if you have anathesia, you won't feel much).

But yeah, big difference.

Answer 5

Plan B is like birth control..but faster acting birth control.

"Plan B® works like a regular birth control pill. It prevents pregnancy mainly by stopping the release of an egg from the ovary, and may also prevent the fertilization of an egg (the uniting of sperm with the egg). Plan B® may also work by preventing it from attaching to the uterus (womb). It is important to know that Plan B® WILL NOT AFFECT A FERTILIZED EGG already attached to the uterus; it will not affect an existing pregnancy..."

so technically an abortion and plan B are 2 very very different things.

abortion-already fertilized egg.....(game on, baby is forming..)

planB-unfertilized egg, or prevention of the sperm fertilizing the egg....(no baby yet, no pea sized fetus, nothing. just sperm trying to get to the egg..and planB stopping that from happening.)


btw...



"Plan B® IS NOT RU-486 (the abortion pill). Because Plan B® is used to prevent an unplanned pregnancy, it will not work if you’re already pregnant."

Answer 6

I'm right with you on this! I don't see a difference between the two! I don't believe in abortion or the plan B pill! The way I see it is, if you don't want children don't have sex... If you get pregnant its not the baby's fault. That baby didn't make its self! If your going to have sex then deal with what is given to you an if its a life then take care of it or give that life to someone else who can... Cause there are alot of people who cant have kids... Who is anyone to play God!! everyone is here for a reason!! I pick life! Cause I'm not a murderer!!

Answer 7

Now, are you talking about the morning-after-pill or the pill you can I believe take up until you are 6 or 7 weeks pregnant? I was told it's pretty much the same pill as the morning-after-pill, but just a stronger dose. This pill separates the cells from the uterus I was told so the cells die...It just all depends on your beliefs...some believe there is life at conception and other's don't

Answer 8

The only proven mechanism of action to Plan B is to prevent ovulation. Recently studies on monkeys showed that Plan B administered *after* ovulation but within 72 hours of intercourse had absolutely no effect on the rate of conception.

The theory that Plan B inhibits implantation of a fertilized egg is just that -theory. It is not proven.

So unless you have a problem with ALL birth control excluding natural family planning (which includes only methods approved by the Roman Catholic Church) you shouldn't have a problem with Plan B as all birth control either prevent ovulation or prevent sperm from reaching the egg.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_contraception#Mechanism_of_action
"In recent years--especially in light of U.S. ethical controversy over the research's claims--the scientific community has begun to critically reevaluate the early studies, introducing doubt into the argument that ECPs prevent implantation. Recent studies in rats and monkeys have shown that post-ovulatory use of progestin-only and combined ECPs have no effect on pregnancy rates.[110][111] Studies in humans have shown that the rate of ovulation suppression is approximately equal to the effectiveness of emergency contraceptive pills,[112][113] suggesting that might be the only mechanism by which they prevent pregnancy."

Answer 9

Plan B (along with contraception in general) effects eggs and sperm. They're alive, but they only have half of the DNA required to have a person. Most eggs die on their own without being fertilized, and men produce millions of sperm only to see a few of them become children.

Abortion kills a human being, with a full set of DNA, who otherwise would have had a good chance of living.

Answer 10

you're right, plan B is a drug you take (some states offer it without a prescription) and you must take it within 72 hours of intercourse. Usually people do this cuz their condom broke, they forgot to take their regular birth control, or they're just careless.
Personally... I wouldn't take it like candy. I've had it before because i thought something went wrong afterwards. It makes you have a heavy period a day after taking it... and it's no fun. I'm usually a lot more careful.