Newbie
Randy Alcorn wrote a book and is providing it for free online here: http://www.epm.org/books/does_the_bi...ionsDetail.php
I think some people here should know about this. I'm not trying to condemn anyone, I'm doing this out of love for both the unborn child and the user of the pill because I know it can also harm their health.
guest
This is very old news...
I have too much personal experience with many woman who have taken pills and they did NOT cause them to have abortions.
guest
The pill causes abortions by denying a fertilized egg the means to implant in the uterus, so it is destroyed with a woman's normal menstrual cycle. If you believe that life begins at conception (which usually happens in the fallopian tubes), then anything which prevents that new life from continuing to grow normally is an abortificant.
Oh I see what you're saying.
Formerly moonglow
We actually do have a doctor on here that I think once said most pills do not cause abortions but in fact just keep the egg from being fertilized or prevent ovulation.
anyway I don't think its very cut and dry on how they all work..each is a little different and also they are still debating how they work...
BIRTH CONTROL METHODS WHICH MIGHT BE ABLE TO CAUSE AN ABORTION
Within the pro-life community, there is much debate about the methods of birth control listed below. All of them function in basically the same way. Just like emergency contraception (but in lower doses), they inject into a woman, by a variety of means, two hormones: estrogen and progestin. These work to 1) prevent ovulation, 2) thicken the mucus lining so as to prevent fertilization, and 3) make the uterus unsuitable for implantation (at least in theory). It is upon this last point where the differences of opinions lie.
The first two mechanisms are clearly contraceptive, the third, if it occurs, is not. If you go to the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists website, you will find two different position papers on this subject. One portion of their membership believes that birth control pills are abortifacient, and the other portion believes that, while the condition of the uterus is altered, it does not thereby prevent implantation. If you want to get to the bottom of this issue for the sake of your own conscience, it will take some focused research, beginning with the papers above.
Randy Alcorn also has a very thorough and well-documented book available for purchase or download which argues that the birth control pill can cause abortions (Alcorn and his wife had used the pill before his painful discovery). Dr. William Toffler, of the Focus on the Family Physicians Resource Council, believes that there is even more evidence that normal-dose birth control pills can be abortifacient than there is for emergency contraception.
He believes that the pro-life OBGYN's who deny this are overlooking the obvious in an effort to justify years of prescribing the pill. If you're not willing to put the time in to research this issue for yourself, or if you start the research and decide there's just too much information to sort through, for you, there is only one safe conclusion. If you're not absolutely convinced in your own mind that the pill is not abortifacient, then the only course of action is to not use it.
There are links in this article people can follow to read more.
God bless
"People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; We drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; We drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated?" - D A Carson
Veteran
I chose not to get on birth control because of this, although I still have not determined for myself when I believe that life starts.
Taken out of context, this statement sounds really bad...Originally Posted by -SEEKING-
For what mortal has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived? ~ Deuteronomy 5:26
If you're not prepared to risk your very life for your "enemy" you have no right to speak to him of love. ~ Daughter
Many say they are called... but I am pretty convinced that with many of them it was the wrong number. ~ Project Peter
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Taken out of context, this statement sounds really bad...
lol I know, I was going to quote him with only a 'lol' but I thought it might be taken in poor taste, and well, the whole "15 characters" thing
lol
That is why I added the "Taken out of context" clause...
For what mortal has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived? ~ Deuteronomy 5:26
If you're not prepared to risk your very life for your "enemy" you have no right to speak to him of love. ~ Daughter
Many say they are called... but I am pretty convinced that with many of them it was the wrong number. ~ Project Peter
Choosing to praise Him
Birth control pills prevent ovulation......when there is no ovulation then the ovum is not released. Without the release of the egg there is no fertilization.
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from Him.Psalm 62:5
Not all work that way Moxie. My wife and I researched this in depth after our son was born. Some cause the menstrual cycle to start whether there is a fertilized egg implanted present or not. My wife and I decided not to use those that work in that manner as a matter of personal choice.
For what mortal has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived? ~ Deuteronomy 5:26
If you're not prepared to risk your very life for your "enemy" you have no right to speak to him of love. ~ Daughter
Many say they are called... but I am pretty convinced that with many of them it was the wrong number. ~ Project Peter
Aufgepaßt - ich komme!
Newbie
But the pill doesn't always prevent ovulation and if the second mechanism fails too, which is thickening of the cervical mucus, then the ovum can be fertilized and there is a chance that the unborn child won't implant because the endometrium has been damaged. It is explained better on the website
I don't remember (it was two years ago today). I know my wife has to go every three or four months for a shot though...
If I think about it with all of the Birthday festivities, I will ask her.
For what mortal has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived? ~ Deuteronomy 5:26
If you're not prepared to risk your very life for your "enemy" you have no right to speak to him of love. ~ Daughter
Many say they are called... but I am pretty convinced that with many of them it was the wrong number. ~ Project Peter
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