Part two of a two-part series on emergency contraception. Part one dealt with state legislative efforts to mandate that EC be provided to rape victims in emergency rooms. It happens. Condoms break, or slip off, during intercourse. Women forget to take their birth control pills. Couples, caught up in a moment of passion, often […]
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EC to the rescue
Part one of a two-part series. Should a rape victim be forced to carry the rapist’s baby to term? If a pill, taken shortly after the assault, can prevent pregnancy with minimal side effects (nausea, sometimes vomiting and a headache), and make an abortion unnecessary, should such birth control be made readily available? Morally, […]
