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The Oral Contraceptive As Abortifacient: An Analysis Of The Evidence, Dennis M. Sullivan
The Oral Contraceptive As Abortifacient: An Analysis Of The Evidence, Dennis M. Sullivan
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Pro-life Christian ethicists and medical practitioners have been united in their opposition to abortion, but have sometimes been divided in their ethical approach to hormonal contraception. Even though many Christians believe that birth control may be a moral option, some claim that the “Pill” acts, at least some of the time, as an abortifacient. If true, Christians who hold that human personhood begins at conception would be morally opposed to the use of combined oral contraceptives.
This article examines the scientific evidence for an abortifacient effect of such contraceptive agents, and concludes that such an effect is yet unproven. Some …