Thursday, February 21, 2013

German Catholic bishops allow 'morning after' pill

An interesting piece of news.

Katholische Krankenhäuser in Deutschland dürfen vergewaltigten Frauen die "Pille danach" verordnen, wenn sie die Befruchtung verhindert und nicht abtreibt.




1 comment:

Póló said...

While they are said to act as a contraceptive by suppressing or delaying ovulation and so preventing fertilisation, I thought the jury was still out on whether, in some cases, they might simply prevent implantation and so act as an abortifacient.

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