Plan B Is Not Abortion
Posted on | August 29, 2006
The Plan B contraceptive is not an abortifacient. How, then, does ABC fail even to mention that in its coverage of opposition to the drug–in a story that features only a conservative complaint that the public “isn’t well informed”? The network seems to be engaging in deliberate sleight of hand:
Surveys indicate the majority of Americans are likely to support the FDA’s move. A Harris Interactive poll taken in June found that 58 percent of Americans agreed that the morning-after pill should be “easily available” in all pharmacies.
But conservative critics say the public isn’t well informed about the science. “I don’t think the public is fully aware of the risks of this drug,” says Moira Gaul of the Family Research Council.
And while the decision could help the GOP win back some independent voters angry over President Bush’s veto of a bill to expand federal funding for stem cell research, it is likely to alienate social conservatives, many of whom view the morning-after pill as a form of abortion….
By preventing conception, Plan B also prevents abortion. Those who oppose both abortion and Plan B should reconsider just what it is they’re against.
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