6 December 2006 (Wednesday)

a girl's best friend

Please - if you are sexually active and are not ready, at this time in your life, to become pregnant, use a reliable form of contraception. And take advantage of Free EC Day today by getting yourself a course of the stuff and stashing it in your medicine cabinet. No method of contraception (except abstinence) is 100% reliable, but in case of failure, EC is a far better option than an abortion a month or two later.

(With thanks to avtherav for the link.)

# posted by shanna at 10:38 AM
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What are the halachic/moral/emotional issues relating to the use of EC? Am I right to assume that you do not see any significant objections to its use?


Posted by: Ari at 2:55 PM on 6 December 2006

Short answer: There are issues, but all far less drastic than the issues surrounding an abortion (even an early medical/chemical abortion) a few weeks later. Personally, I do not see a significant moral or physiological difference between using EC and using hormonal birth control altogether...but it is preferable, both medically and from the standpoint of personal responsibility/preparedness, to use proactive contraception rather than retroactive.

Perhaps now I have the seed for a real post. Thank you.


Posted by: shanna at 7:10 AM on 7 December 2006
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