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Albertsons, Costco, K-Mart, Rite-aid, Safeway, Target, and Walgreens already offer Plan B. You are asking for a boycott on the last major pharmacy chain to have held out against Plan B pills. Are you saying you will boycott all of those stores as well?

Well

Wal Mart tried to ban this pill but they were the only pharmacy that tried. They decided they couldn't justify being the only ones.

at least they tried

when we were one

PS I wonder if South Dakota will allow this pill.

In Canada, this causes great trouble for pharmacists who believe they have an obligation to promote health. A small handful of Canadian pharmacists think it irresponsible to dispense such a dangerous drug (so dangerous that a woman places herself in serious peril if she takes it even once) with not even a prescription.

These faithful pharmacists have to fight expensive court battles for their allegedly "unprofessional" conduct.

In times like this, I certainly understand the desire of James and John (the sons of Thunder) to fix things rather... directly.

How long can we honestly say, "Forgive us Father, for we know not what we do"?

Unfortunately, the twisted redefinitions of pregnancy and conception stretch as far and wide as the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the World "Health" Organization.

The good news is that the medical profession still admits, when backed into a corner, that the emergency contraceptives prevent the implantation of a fertilized ovum. Using that common point of agreement, one can usually convince a normal person that this means ending a human life as much as an abortion does.

From what I read today, Wal-mart did oppose offering the EC pills as long as they could, but they finally caved as lawsuit after lawsuit piled up. One of them, in Connecticut I believe, actally threatened to cancel the insurance policies for the company's employees in that state. Personally, I believe that Wal-Mart would have preferred to do otherwise, but for some reason they fell into what I would call the "sin of relativism" where they can explain away or make excuses for following the crowd in lieu of making a stand. For a company that espouses the fact that they sell and promote products within a Christian framework then how can they justify such a decision? They can't. However, they do have a clause, similar to Target, that pharmacists who are "conscientious objectors" can refuse to fill a EC perscription and instead refer them to another pharmacist. So in my estimation this is the equivalent of trying to keep a finger in the dike. The best we can hope for as it stands now are pharmacists who are willing to take a stand and not cave to pressure from "customers" nor their employer. May the Lord have mercy on us as our society buys into the culture of death, but instead sees it as a right.

To all:

Senator Hilary Clinton is a HUGE proponent of such measures as EC. She is supposed to be a front runner for nomination to the Presidency, but that remains to be seen. Listed below is how she stands on abortion related issues. We must all pray that she will NEVER come close to the White House and act accordingly with our [lack of] votes. Have a look:

# Must safeguard constitutional rights, including choice. (Oct 2000)
# Late term abortion only if life or health are at risk. (Oct 2000)
# Remain vigilant on a woman’s right to chose. (Jan 2000)
# Keep abortion safe, legal and rare. (Jan 1999)
# Being pro-choice is not being pro-abortion. (Jan 1999)
# Reach out to teens to reduce teen sex problems. (Jan 1999)
# Supports parental notice & family planning. (Feb 1997)
# Voted YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)
# Voted NO on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
# Voted NO on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. (Mar 2003)
# Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women. (Apr 2001)
# Expand embryonic stem cell research. (Jun 2004)
# Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
#Clinton scores 100% by NARAL on pro-choice voting record

"For over thirty years, NARAL Pro-Choice America has been the political arm of the pro-choice movement and a strong advocate of reproductive freedom and choice. NARAL Pro-Choice America's mission is to protect and preserve the right to choose while promoting policies and programs that improve women's health and make abortion less necessary. NARAL Pro-Choice America works to educate Americans and officeholders about reproductive rights and health issues and elect pro-choice candidates at all levels of government. The NARAL ratings are based on the votes the organization considered most important; the numbers reflect the percentage of time the representative voted the organization's preferred position."
Source: NARAL website 03n-NARAL on Dec 31, 2003

As we can see, Senator Clinton, as much as she likes to promote her stance on "family values," does not "value" how families [i.e., lives] actually begin. Quite ironic indeed. The complete details can be found at the following address: www.issues2000.org/Social/Hillary_Clinton_Abortion.htm
In Truth,
Matthew

Pharmacists with a conscience also do not wish to refer people to another pharmacist for emergency contraceptives. When they refuse, up come the lawsuits.

Already the hordes of lawyers have beaten the doctors and pharmacists, they tried to go for bank tellers but failed. Rest assured they'll try again. We need to reclaim lost battlefields.

Saint Thomas More, pray for us.

I CANT BELIEVE WAL MART WOULD START SELLING THOSE MURDER PILLS THATS HORRIBLE!!!

Like Pontius Pilate, the owners of wal-mart were facing hordes of lawyers threatening them with lawsuits.

Wal-mart has been fighting a losing battle to keep those things off the shelves for years, where were we when they needed support? Why are we so quick to condemn when they fall?

Abortion shouldnt be allowed. Especially by the largest chain of department stores. My voice may not matter cause I am a teenager but that baby has not been born it hasnt done anything wrong. Why should anyone kill it? I mean the baby didnt choose to be born the parents made it happen. They should have ket there legs closed.

Guess no more shopping at Walmart. Not much left I better learn to sew and start a garden. Thanks for the information.
Peace be with you,
Debra

What should happen to the young girls in the ghetto, a place and situation which I'm sure none of you rightous internet dwellers have any first hand experience with, who are raped, traumatized, and given news they're carrying a child which would ruin their young lives? Keeping in mind the options you have knowledge of dont exist in all areas of this country and certainly not to all walks of life, you'd have a child who did nothing wrong, who couldn't support one herself, suffer one into the world? When Foster homes are over flowing with children who need homes, who don't get the sort of upbringing they would need to be decent law abiding individuals most of the time, you'd have another shoveled in because clearly, it's black and white, it's RIGHT to ruin a life, no, to cast a chain of ruin on MULTIPLE lives just to save 1. For once I'd like people to not hide behind biblical scripture and actually THINK about it, THINK about what you're really fighting for here.

Lets see a show of hands for how many of you GOOD PEOPLE have done more than bellowed your black and white opinions and have actually adopted one of those poor children and offered them a future from the parentless birth you support. It's truly enraging and disgusting the number of people who preach conviction in their beliefs yet offer no responsibility for them.

I believe in circumstances for these methods, for that pill. I am pro choice for those who can't fight against the mass of people who are ignorant to their hardship and incapable of genuine understanding. At my current state, I would not have an abortion because I am capable of creating a sound environment for my child.
And that is the only situation in which people should have one.

Jibiel, in your zeal to justify using the morning after pill, did you that realize you forgot to ask the mother what she wanted to do?

Did you also notice that when you say that being "capable of creating a sound environment for" a child is the "only situation in which people should have one", you again completely neglect the choice of the mother?

What right do you have yourself pro-choice after you lay down conditions restricting when other people should and should not have children?

If you dismiss my ideas simply because I dwell on the internet, why should I believe that you would respect the decisions of women who decide to keep their babies in situations that you would describe as ruinous?

Given what you have said, you probably would have killed my son (without even asking my wife what she wanted) if you knew the circumstances.

What ever happened to a wanted child being considered valuable - even in difficult circumstances you describe?

Jibiel,
You realize that you are saying that it would have been OK for your mother to abort you if she felt you would have ruined her life? Do you not feel you have any rights? As far as adopting one of these children goes, no I haven't, but that is not the issue...at all. The issue is protecting those who cannot protect themselves. The child in the womb is innocent and did nothing to be created and did nothing to be condemned to death. The problem here Jibiel is that people who support abortion are those that see it as a faceless process. If this same child was a two year old and not still in the womb I'm guessing you would do almost anything to protect it if anyone tried to harm it. Therein lies the rub. That same two year old was once a growing infant in the womb. They are the same person. Just because the child can now, walk, talk, smile, laugh, cry, and play doesn't make it any more worthy of life and protection than a baby still being formed. Think about this. May Christ fill you with His grace and understanding Jibiel.
In Truth,
Matthew

Matthew,

I suspect Jibiel is going beyond saying it would be OK for her mother to abort her if her mother chose to. She is saying that her mother would have an obligation to abort if she could not provide - regardless of choice. I see this attitude amongst my co-workers and devout Catholics from the pre-Vatican II era. They say "kids shouldn't be having kids".

When I express admiration for the courage a young woman shows in choosing to care for her child in difficult circumstances, they speak only of her irresponsibility in bringing a child into the world with insufficient resources. What right do pro-choice people have to call themselves such when they insist that circumstances dictate that a young woman "ought" to have an abortion?

Re-read Jibiel's post, do you see her mention a mother's right to choose? No, she only mentions the moral obligation to abort.

Jibiel (and Burnt),

To reiterate Jibiel's post, "...to cast a chain of ruin on MULTIPLE lives just to save 1. For once I'd like people to not hide behind biblical scripture and actually THINK about it, THINK about what you're really fighting for here."

As can be seen from the article below it is not just saving one life...it is over 850,000 per year in the U.S.A alone! Not counting the millions of babies worldwide that are murdered each year. So as far as what is being fought for it is the the preservation of human life, and it is NOT a myopic view of sacrificing one for the sake of many. It is sacrificing of millions for the self-interests of a few. Think about it.

From MSNBC: (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15841448/)

About half of all U.S. women who had abortions in 2002 had undergone at least one previous abortion, according to a study released Tuesday.

Women who had repeat abortions tended to be over age 30 and to have more children, and MOST WERE USING CONTRACEPTION AT THE TIME, the report from the nonprofit Alan Guttmacher Institute found.

The Institute used several different surveys by both the government and private groups to come up with its estimate. For instance, in one 2001-2002 government survey, 48 percent of women having abortions said they had undergone a previous abortion.
...
Most of the women seeking abortions were poor or low-income, and 60 percent had at least one child already.

The study also found that one in three U.S. women have given birth to a baby they had not planned for, and one in 10 have had more than one unintended birth.

The Institute, named for the founder of the Planned Parenthood Foundation of America, said women getting abortions should be counseled on how to use contraception effectively, but this opportunity is being missed.

'Wall of separation'
“The 'wall of separation’ that the federal government has erected between family planning and abortion services is, paradoxically, leading to more abortions,” said Sharon Camp, the Institute’s president and chief executive officer.
..
For example, the Institute said, Colorado, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania will not give any clinic state family planning funding if it has any relationship with an abortion provider.

And federal Title X-funded family planning programs must maintain a “wall of separation” between their programs and abortion providers.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about half of the approximately 5.4 million pregnancies in the United States each year are unintended. More than 4.1 million babies are born in the United States each year.

The CDC has also found that 98 percent of women of reproductive age have used one or more contraceptive methods and 73 percent of women aged 15 to 44 years visited a doctor or clinic for family planning services in 2002.

The CDC said 854,122 legal induced abortions were reported to it in 2002, a number that has been fairly stable after falling steadily from 1996 to 2001.

Globally, 46 MILLION WOMEN HAVE ABORTIONS EACH YEAR, with the highest rates in Romania, Cuba and Vietnam and the lowest rates in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland.

So essentially what we have here is a culture of death that uses abortion as a contraceptive. Horrifying and totally unacceptable!! May God have mercy on us.
In Christ,
Matthew

It looks like that Planned Parenthood has won this round. The link below announces that the Plan B pill is now available. This is very, very disturbing from my perspective. Lord...have mercy.
In Christ,
Matthew

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_he_me/morning_after_pill_2

uh... you've conveniently not mentioned here that it only works within 36 hours of unprotected sex.

I know that you'll still consider a blastocyst as human "life", but for other people to make an informed decision instead of an emotional gut reaction, you should maybe be more forthcoming with the facts.

"Spider",
The fact is that if a woman takes the Plan B pill that her pregnancy will be terminated. That is the main fact of importance and is far from a gut reaction.
In Christ,
Matthew

Matthew, Spider is it possible that you are both talking about the same thing in different ways? I'm not sure I understand you both. As I see it, the moral legitimacy of the Plan B pill depends very much on whether fertilization has occurred.

If fertilization has not occurred, then it acts contraceptively (which can be justified for example in cases of rape - some nuns took contraceptives with the approval of the Roman Catholic Church during a civil war in anticipation of rape). If fertilization has occurred, it acts as an abortifacient and cannot be justified.

But given that no tests currently exist to make an accurate determination about fertilization, one must err on the side of caution and avoid the emergency measures.

Though this does raise the possibility that if someone well-versed in Natural Family Planning were raped and knew that they had not yet ovulated (and therefore fertilization had not yet happened), they could then use Plan B to prevent future fertilization knowing that there was no danger of causing an abortion and that there was good reason to prevent the union of sperm and egg.

The judgement I see here terrifies me. I am pro-choice. Would I ever be able to have an abortion, take Plan B? I don't know. But I do know I don't envy any woman facing that decision. And it is HER decision. It is HER body. And yes I know some people consider the cells she's carrying as having the same rights as people living outside the womb. And I also know that since that life cannot survive without her then it is part of her, and she must live with all consequences of having or not having the child. Therefore, for me, it can only be her decision. She does not need to justify herself to me. I do not know what is best for her. Any judgement will be between her and her god.

Sara

Sara,
Take a step back and look at the action: if the woman does nothing, she'll have a child. In other words, she has to actively interfere in order to stop that child from having a life. This is the problem: the child has a right to live, just as you or I do.

In your mind, what is the difference between having an abortion and killing a newborn infant? There's really very little difference - the child has merely traveled about 18 inches from inside the mother's body to outside. The mother's choice is much earlier: she has the choice to NOT GET PREGNANT! If you don't want a baby, don't have sex. Otherwise you are killing a child made by God and given as a gift to you.

God bless,
Jay

Sara,

For the first 20 years of my life depended on my parents for food, shelter, and clothing - did that make me a part of my parents? Did that give them the right to kill me for no reason and without repurcussion during the time I depended on them?

If I were to grow sick and dependant upon a life support machine, would that make me a part of a life support machine? Would that give the owners of the life support machine permission to cut me into little tiny bits while I screamed and struggled for my life?

Do you realize you have advocated killing an innocent human being who has no recourse to appeal, trial, advocacy, or protection? Do you realize that the medical murderers are held accountable to no earthly power or authority and face no repurcussions for misconduct?

One final question, why do pro-choice groups never advocate for girls who are forced into having abortions by parents, boyfriends, or boyfriends parents?

I do not advocate the killing of anyone. I advocate protecting a woman's right to choose. The argument of not having sex is useless in a world where women are FORCED to have sexual intercourse. More woman than we will ever know. I kind of see where the life support machine argument is going but there is something that must be recognized - there are other life support machines that could keep you alive and that machine is just a machine. But a woman, carrying a child, only SHE can carry and support...well it is HER decision. And all pro-choice groups that I have ever had contact with support a woman's CHOICE. And one last thing - I see a huge difference in murdering a baby that can survive outside the womb and a pregnancy that is terminated in the first few months or first few days.
Blessed be,
Sara

Sara,

What difference do you see between
these photos of a wanted 24 week old baby and an unwanted 24 week old baby?

Given that over 99% of pregnancies occur after voluntary sexual intercourse, will you condemn the abortions that do not occur after rape?

You support the choice to terminate a pregnancy but do not admit that also you advocate the slaughter of innocent people. Do you realize that this is the essence of genocide?

First of all plan B is not an abortion pill dumbass. It is a high dose of birth control hormones to PREVENT pregnancy BEFORE contraception even occurs. Next time you write an artical, make sure you know what you're talking about!

Talk to a doctor before you act like a know it all. Any OB/GYN will tell you that the Plan B pill is a high dose of birth control that prevents the sperm from fertilizing and egg in the same fashion that monthly birth control pills do. There is no embryo already formed when you take this pill. If there were an embryo, the hormones in this pill would ENHANCE the effects of the pregnancy, causing birth defects. This pill does NOT cause abortion. In fact, you do not even expel any kind of blood or tissue after you take it. If there were products of conception in the uterus, they would need to be expelled from the body or serious infections and fatalities could occur, not to mention, it would prevent another pregnancy from ever happening if it were to linger in there. This pill does not cause abortion and expulsion of an embryo whatsoever. It merely prevents the egg from becoming fertilized in order to prevent the need of an abortion. Get your facts straight please~

Erin writes: Any OB/GYN will tell you that the Plan B pill is a high dose of birth control that prevents the sperm from fertilizing and egg in the same fashion that monthly birth control pills do.

The birth control pill also interferes with the implantation of a fertilized ovum and the action of the corpus luteum. The Plan B pill can do so as well - even its supporters admit that. http://www.cps.ca/english/statements/AM/ah03-01.htm

This pill does NOT cause abortion

Depends on whether you consider conception to begin at fertilization or after implantation.

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology redefined conception to begin after implantation - so while you are technically correct the common layperson and hundreds of years of medical tradition defines conception to occur at fertilization.

This mismatch in definitions gives the misleading idea that the Plan B pill does not interfere with the development of a fertilized egg.

This pill does not cause abortion and expulsion of an embryo whatsoever. It merely prevents the egg from becoming fertilized in order to prevent the need of an abortion.

True enough, but it can also prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg. A scientific fact that supporters of Plan B readily admit to.

Get your facts straight please~

I welcome any facts and definitions that will allow us to speak clearly and truthfully about this issue.

Do you have evidence that the Plan B pill does not interfere with the implantation process? If you do, don't waste time on this blog - you should be issuing a press release and winning praise and adulation and money from the media and Planned Parenthood.

Erin

I did ask an OB GYN (board certified). In fact I asked an OB GYN that is a lapsed Catholic who is the patent holder of one of the leading Birth Control pills on the market (she is a multimillionare). She noted that indeed by the Christian view as life after conception, birth control pills may and do cause abortion...she uses that to justify entering the pill making market. She hopes that she can invent some pill out of her millions that may reduce this "adverse effect." Hope that offers more information for you.

In Love

when we were one

I would like to retract statement (July 3, 2007) suggesting that it might be morally acceptable to use emergency contraceptives in case of rape if one has determined that one has not yet ovulated.

It appears that the Plan B pills do not reliably prevent fertilization even if taken before ovulation and thus the secondary effect of thinning the uterine lining would cause the loss of life.

I apologize for my lack of diligence and research in my earlier post.

Watch out, Planned Parenthood and Wal-Mart, there's a new abortion provider in town and they tend to be the biggest at everything they do: The Roman Catholic Church.

Sad, but true, the Conference of Connecticut Bishops has approved the use of the potentially abortifacient Morning After Pill in Catholic hospitals. More troubling is the fact that the Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus also belongs to this conference. Hopefully such an influential bishop will distance himself from the errors of his peers.

Did jesus tell you plan B was bad? Why don't you get a life, or at least concern yourself only with yours.

Haha you shopped at Wal-Mart UNTIL learning this news? Like so many other hypocrites, it is only the unborn human lives that bother you. Once people are born, their suffering matters less.

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