GOP Not Losing Women in Contraception "War"

[waltky]

Morning after pills may not prevent pregnancy...

Study: Morning-after pills don't prevent fertilized egg's implantation
6/06/2012 > Labels inside every box of morning-after pills, drugs widely used to prevent pregnancy after sex, say they may work by blocking fertilized eggs from implanting in a woman's uterus. Respected medical authorities, including the National Institutes of Health and the Mayo Clinic, have said the same thing on their websites.

Such descriptions have become kindling in the fiery debate over abortion and contraception. Based on the belief that a fertilized egg is a person, some religious groups and conservative politicians say disrupting a fertilized egg's ability to attach to the uterus is abortion, "the moral equivalent of homicide," as Dr. Donna Harrison, who directs research for the American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, put it. Mitt Romney recently called emergency contraceptives "abortive pills." And two former Republican presidential candidates, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, have made similar statements.

But an examination by The New York Times has found that the federally approved labels and medical websites do not reflect what the science shows. Studies have not established that emergency contraceptive pills prevent fertilized eggs from implanting in the womb, leading scientists say. Rather, the pills delay ovulation, the release of eggs from ovaries that occurs before eggs are fertilized, and some pills also thicken cervical mucus so sperm have trouble swimming.

It turns out that the politically charged debate over morning-after pills and abortion is probably rooted in outdated or incorrect scientific guesses about how the pills work. Because they block creation of fertilized eggs, they would not meet abortion opponents' definition of abortion-inducing drugs. In contrast, RU-486 is an abortion pill because it destroys implanted embryos, terminating pregnancies.

The implantation idea stems from the Food and Drug Administration's decision during the drug-approval process to mention that possibility on the label — despite lack of scientific proof and objections by the manufacturer of Plan B, the pill on the market the longest. Leading scientists say studies since then provide strong evidence that Plan B does not prevent implantation, and no proof that a newer type of pill, Ella, does. Some opponents of abortion said they remain unconvinced.

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[Mr. Shaman]

Cant lose a war that doesnt exist

June 13, 2012

Michigan Lawmakers;
Hardline Anti-Abortion​

"The move has been described as one of the most hardline recent attempts at passing anti-abortion legislation in America and its backers have been accused of rushing the process forward without adequate public hearings."

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[g5000]

Don't know why this was bumped two months later, but I did not see this question the first time around. So...

Swing States Poll: A shift by women puts Obama in lead

MILWAUKEE – President Obama has opened the first significant lead of the 2012 campaign in the nation's dozen top battleground states, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, boosted by a huge shift of women to his side.

If you click on the "Men and Women on the Issues" tab, you find that birth control is in last place for both men and women.

So why is the GOP losing women voters so drastically?

Perhaps it has something to do with the issues at the TOP of their list, you think?

 

[buckeye45_73]

I have a question, why did Fluke need contraceptives? It looks like she liked the pink taco and wouldnt get sperm near her.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

and now we have the "Obama War On Whites&Catholics". what the war on catholics really comes down to is to stop whites from making any more babies.

Ah, yes......the "conservatives".....

.....worst-nightmare!!!