Another point for the Culture of Death

From the Washington Post:

FDA approves ella as 5-day-after emergency contraception

The Food and Drug Administration approved a controversial new form of emergency contraception Friday that can prevent a pregnancy as many as five days after sex.

The decision to allow the sale of the pill, which will be marketed under the brand name "ella," was welcomed by family-planning proponents as a crucial new option to prevent unwanted pregnancies. But critics condemned the decision, arguing that it was misleading to approve ella as a contraceptive because the drug could also be used to induce an abortion.

Ella can cut the chances of becoming pregnant by about two-thirds for at least 120 hours after a contraceptive failure or unprotected sex, studies have shown. The only other emergency contraceptive on the market, the so-called morning-after pill sold as Plan B, is significantly less effective, becomes less effectual with each passing day and will not work after 72 hours.

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Ella, known generically as ulipristal acetate, works as a contraceptive by blocking progesterone's activity, delaying the ovaries from producing an egg. But progesterone is also needed to prepare the womb to accept a fertilized egg and to nurture a developing embryo. That's how RU-486 prevents a fertilized egg from implanting and dislodges growing embryos. Ella's chemical similarity to RU-486 raises the possibility that it might do the same thing, perhaps if taken at elevated doses. But no one knows for sure whether the drug would induce an abortion, because the drug has never been tested that way.

"Raises the possibility that it might do the same thing." Saints preserve us. They know it does the same thing. If it didn't, it wouldn't be as effective 5 days after sex. Moreover, the regular old daily birth control pill works very similarly, as demonstrated by the Physician Labeling for Yaz:

Combination oral contraceptives (COCs) act by suppression of gonadotropins. Although the primary mechanism of this action is inhibition of ovulation, other alterations include changes in the cervical mucus (which increases the difficulty of sperm entry into the uterus) and the endometrium (which reduces the likelihood of implantation).

Oddly enough (I guess they think women are stoopid or something), the patient labeling lacks this information. But hey, anything to make a buck and keep a few more babies out of the world, right? After all, studies show having children makes parents unhappy, and by golly, the pursuit of happiness trumps right to life any day.

St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us sinners who fail to recognize the precious gift of life.