Abortifacients

by Brian Clowes

In "Abortifacients," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes provides detailed information how many contraceptives work and how they many times act as an abortifacient.  Learn about oral contraceptives,  IUDs, depo-provera, norplant, RU-486 and others.  For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here...

Depo-Provera: Injectable Abortion

from HLI's Pro-Life Talking Points Series 

Depo-Provera has both contraceptive and abortifacient effects: The Depo-Provera injection, given to women and girls every three months as a contraceptive, actually causes abortion in some instances. Depo-Provera is a type of hormonal anti-fertility drug, and works in one of two ways: by preventing conception and thus having a contraceptive effect, or by preventing the implantation of an alreadyconceived child and thus ending the life of a new human being after conception. Read More...

Negative Effects of the Pill

from HLI's Pro-Life Talking Points Series

The pill causes abortion in some cases: Though the pill appears to act the great majority of the time by preventing conception by suppressing ovulation and by inhibiting sperm transport through the woman’s body, at other times it causes abortion by preventing or disrupting the implantation of an already-conceived child. In some women, the pill suppresses ovulation completely. Read More...

Pre-Implantation and Emergency Contraception

by John Wilks

The terms "pre-implantation contraception" [PIC] and "emergency contraception" [EC] as well as "post-coital contraception" [PCC] are synonymous expressions inaccurately used to describe the administration of a drug or use of a device post intercourse, with the explicit intention of stopping implantation of a newly created human embryo. These three terms are also collectively referred to, in both the lay and medical literature, as the "morning-after" pill. Read More...