How Opposition to Plan B Leads to Abortion

An opinion piece in this weekend's Washington Post, deatils one woman's attempt to obtain emergency contracpetion, also known as "Plan B" and her inability to get it as a reuslt of ideological policies pursued by opponents of abortion. In her case, it actually caused one. The author also participated in an online chat session today, the transcript of which reveals the very real tension around these issues.

An opinion piece in this weekend's Washington Post, deatils one woman's attempt to obtain emergency contracpetion, also known as "Plan B" and her inability to get it as a reuslt of ideological policies pursued by opponents of abortion. In her case, it actually caused one. The author also participated in an online chat session today, the transcript of which reveals the very real tension around these issues.

Plan B is a contracpetion, sometimes confused by ideologues with the prescribed abortion medicine (RU-486) revealing that they remain opposed to contraception as well as abortion. The larger issue is the reckless rhetoric and policies pursued by ideologues that prevent women access to this contraceptive under the mistaken notion that it will promote promiscuity.

The FDA continues to delay over the counter approval for emergency contracpetion, calling into question its independence and the Bush Administration's real commitment to reducing unintended pregnancy and abortion.