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Abortion-Causing Morning After Pill Use Increases 100% in BC
VANCOUVER, March 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Canadian Medical Association Journal reports in a new study that the use of the abortifacient drug, known commonly as the Morning After Pill (MAP) increased over 100% after it was made available over-the-counter in British Columbia. In 2000, British Columbia began allowing pharmacists to dispense MAP to women who requested it without a doctor's prescription. Pharmacists who attempted to opt out of the programme were unable to obtain a conscience clause from the BC College of Pharmacists.
Quebec and Saskatchewan have followed suit, and now Health Canada is considering making it possible for pharmacists to provide the drug in the same manner as condoms throughout Canada.
The study shows that the most frequent users are women between ages 20 and 24 with the second highest users between 15 and 19.
Since 2000, a push sponsored by international population control movement, has made MAP available in jurisdictions around the world, even in some countries where abortion is illegal. The programme for pharmacists in BC to train them to dispense the drug was originally launched in Washington State and was sponsored by a who's who list of organizations notorious for their involvement in the international population control movement.
The drug works in large part by making the lining of the uterus inhospitable to the unborn child. The embryo cannot attach itself to the womb and is unable to gain the necessary nutrients and dies. The effect is caused by the same type of hormones, in a massive single dose, as is used in monthly chemical contraceptive pills. No studies have been undertaken to date on the long term effects of MAP on young girls whose reproductive organs are still developing.
The authors of the CMAJ study claim that the incidence of abortion has dropped in BC and that MAP is the reason.
John Hof, president of Campaign Life Coalition BC, however, points out that there is no way of knowing what the abortion rate in BC actually is. "We passed a law in BC that prevents anyone from getting access to the detailed abortion statistics. So you can tell how many people are dispensing MAP, but there is no way to evaluate its effectiveness or its relationship to the number of babies being killed."
Read CMAJ report:
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/172/7/878
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