I want to draw attention to a post on a French pro-life Blog, Blog pour la Vie:
http://blogpourlavie.blogspot.com/
He is commenting on this post from France-catholique:
http://www.monde-catholique.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=932
In the six years that the so-called "Morning After Pill" has been legal in France, an estimated THIRTY PER CENT OF GIRLS AGES 15-19 have used it.
One million boxes of the product have been sold, but the manufacturer says that they will have to sell three times that many to have an impact on the abortion rate in France (according to the legal definition of abortion, which only occurs after implantation).
The France-Catholique Columnist cites a quote from a woman on an internet discussion group where the MAP is discussed:
"Je n’ai pas avorté, mais, à 17 ans, j’ai pris la ‘pilule du lendemain’ en ressentant très fort que je mettais un terme à ‘quelque chose’ " confie une femme sur un des forums internet où la "contraception d’urgence" est discutée."Je n’ai pas avorté, mais, à 17 ans, j’ai pris la ‘pilule du lendemain’ en ressentant très fort que je mettais un terme à ‘quelque chose’ " confie une femme sur un des forums internet où la "contraception d’urgence" est discutée.
"I did not have an abortion, but at 17, I took the "Morning After Pill" feeling strongly that I was terminating 'something'."
There are girls who take it three times a month, according to this board.
Some pharmacists are refusing to dispense the drug in France, but the head of the local Order of Pharmacists promises to crack down, saying the MAP stops fertilization, it doesn't create abortion.
