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The “Several Mornings After” Pill
One more tool for the family planning toolbox: A new form of emergency contraception is being reviewed by the FDA that is reported to be consistently effective for up to 5 days after the “oops!”.This makes it what Salon calls a “several mornings after” pill.
EllaOne is already available in Europe, and the FDA is reviewing it now for release in the U.S. This could be good news for moms and our daughters.
Of course anti-choice activists are launching a smear campaign against the drug.
Unlike Plan B, which can be effective for up to 36 hours but is less effective the later it is taken, ElleOne is reputed to work just as well on day 5 as it will on day 1.
Because of the prolonged timeline, anti-choice activists want to paint this drug as an abortion pill, but its mechanism is the same as Plan B and other birth control pills: it prevents pregnancy from occurring.
Hopefully the FDA can see past the hype on this one and approve this drug. Regardless of your stand on abortion, I think we can all agree that fewer unwanted pregnancies are a good thing.
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MsFortune commented on Jun 09 10 at 1:02 amYay for choices
Anonimon commented on Jun 09 10 at 7:59 amSounds like the anti-life crowd has one more arrow in their quiver.
Em commented on Jun 09 10 at 10:08 amCould you please at least be respectful of those with different opinions as you and drop the “anti-choice” bs?
Diana commented on Jun 09 10 at 10:20 amThanks for this great and helpful post!
Anonymous commented on Jun 09 10 at 3:51 pmWish they would but the FDA is in bed with the eugenic thinkers like Planned Parenthood. Take a good long look at Planned Parenthood in the film – Maafa21 (Shocking) see a preview here – Http://www.maafa21.com
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