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Originally posted by Munchkin03
It disturbs me how many people--how many women of childbearing age, even--are completely in the dark about the differences between Plan B/Preven and RU-486/mifepristone.
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it also disturbs me how some women get pregnant when they "want to" and it's a baby....when they get pregnant by some surprise/accident, it's a "
fetus"....you want it, it's a life, you don't, it's less than one......always fascinates me.
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As AGDee said, the morning after pill is basically a great big super-concentrated birth control pill. Levornorgestrel, the active ingredient, is the same thing that a few pills (Alesse, Levlite), the Norplant implants, and the BC ring contains. In such a large dose, it simply prevents conception. Since when does preventing conception equal abortion? Only if you're misinformed like our friend the Eckerd pharmacist is. 
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i know what the morning after pill is.....seeing as though a friend of mine was raped and it was administered to her through the hospital. it made her sick for a few days, but yes, was better than what could have happened. i know what birth control is as i use it, thank you, and i know that the morning after pill does not stop an already-in-the-works-pregnancy, and that it merely stops one from happening. morning after pill=higher form of birth control,
not an abortion as an abortion is the removal of a live and growing fetus. all i was saying in my post was that i
understand the pharmacists logic, not necessarily that i agree with it. i know you hate to believe that, but there it is. this guy
obviously had very strong opinions about any kind of birth control, and therefore didn't administer it to her. and yes, he should have chosen another profession if he couldn't follow these orders.
never once in my post did i say i agreed with him in that he should have withheld the pill from her....i just noted that i could see where he was coming from...that was all i was trying to express to those who were just angry at this man and were cutting him no slack whatsoever in that he just may be a man of strong conviction--whether you agree with his convictions or not. i said that i "applaud him" for staying strong to what
he believes....did not say "i applaud him for doing the right thing." i don't think he did the right thing at all....drugs should always be given to those in such need of them....as long as they aren't asking for freakin acid or whatever.
again, she was able to get the pill she needed, he's now out of a job.....what more do you want?