What do pro-lifers think about this new method of contraception?

Question

I read on several websites about new contraceptive pills which they are experimenting with which are non homronal. They are 'anti-implantation' pills so your body will be able to have an egg fertilised but the embryo wont be able to attach. I think it works with the immune system, that the body pretty much rejects the embryo like a virus.

Where do pro life people stand on this? Do you think that it is still wrong like abortion, even though the embryo is only a few days (?) made?

Just curious!

Answer 1

I am pro choice, but typically most people who are pro life are against anything after conception. It sounds similar to the "morning after" pill, which has also been criticized by pro lifers as an abortion pill (or rather series of pills). So they would most likely not be fans of this.While I am pro choice, I a pro life on a personal level.  I wouldn't take these.

EDIT- I am sure the non hormonal component will be a huge plus to many, especially those who have medical problems or concerns about the effects of changing their natural hormone levels.  But I wonder how this pill "tells" your body not to allow implantation.

Do you have a link to one of the articles?

Answer 2

I guess I could be considered "pro-life" although I don't usually label myself as such. Although generally speaking I'm anti-abortion.

Anyway, when the egg and sperm first unite, it is known as a zygote, not an embryo. A zygote is merely 1 cell united. By the time it reaches the uterus it is known as a blastocyst and is basically just an expansion of cells.

Given this knowledge, my answer is no. I don't have a problem with the new form of conception that you are talking about. I don't consider an expansion of cells a human life. However, I do consider an embryo with a beating heart and the capability to move it's arms and legs a form of life . But that's not what you're talking about. And for the record I'm not against the morning after pill either.

Although, this new form of birth control doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. What's wrong with the contraceptive pills we have now?

Answer 3

Most birth control pills already on the market are anti-implantation pills. Basically, through hormones, they make the uterus an inhospitable environment for a fertilized egg to attach, just in case a woman ovulates anyway. It is kind of like a back up. So, what you are talking about is not new, just the fact that there are no homrmones, and they are not meant to prevent ovualtion is what is new.

I think how you feel on this subject depends on how you feel about conception. Accrding to the medical definition of conception, conception does not occur until implantation, that is why any BC that prevents implantation can be onsidered a contra"ceptive" (the morning after pill for instance). This type of birth control is generally referred to in the pro-life ccommunity as an abortifacient, because most pro-lifers believe conception occurs when sperm meets egg, not later upon implantation.

Answer 4

I'm sorry...who the h**l gets excited over contraception?

Answer 5

The subject of abortion will never sit easy with me purely for personal reasons.  But, a dividing ball of cells (blastocyst) which has not implanted into uterine tissue or has begun to form an actual embryo,being passed out of the body in a normal period is Imo, better than abortion.

Answer 6

I'm not a pro-lifer, sorry-- but pregnancy is medically defined as implantation, not as conception, so I wouldn't say it qualifies as aborting a pregnancy. Furthermore, it's not killing anything-- it's very literally letting a woman have control over her own body. If the embryo survives, more power to it; she's just not letting it install itself in her. That's how I see it =]

I get really excited whenever I hear about new contraception methods :D It's wonderful that there are so many options out there. And each one lessens the probability that a woman will end up in a position where she has to choose whether or not to have an abortion.