encourage risk-taking behaviour and sexual
promiscuity. In this way it also exacerbates the
spread of sexually transmitted diseases, as it
Promotion of the morning-after pill is entirely unethical. Morning- After Pill I wish to join SPUC I wish to renew membership What you need to know
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an abortion or not. Pregnancy tests cannot
If the morning-after pill fails to prevent
morning-after pill?
detect the embryo until after implantation. If
pregnancy or cause an early abortion, there is a
conception occurs followed by an early abortion,
risk of an ectopic pregnancy developing (where
The morning-after pill is intended for use up to
the embryo will not be identifiable in the
the embryo implants outside the womb). Where
72 hours after sex which may lead to pregnancy.
there is an ongoing pregnancy, 1 in 20 cases will
The morning-after pill most commonly used in
be ectopic. This is a life-threatening condition.
Where there is no ectopic pregnancy and the
What is contained in
embryo continues to develop there is a risk of
the morning-after How does it work?
The morning-after pill can act as a contraceptive
There have been no trials on the long-term
The morning-after pill is a progestogen-only pill
by stopping ovulation and therefore preventing
that contains up to 50 times the daily dosage of
fertilisation. It may also alter the motility of
published trials on its effects on the fertility and
progestogen found in the ordinary mini-pill.
sperm in the fallopian tube and prevent it from
health of teenage girls. The morning-after pill is
Progestogen is a synthetic copy of the natural
being increasingly promoted, particularly to
girls under the age of consent. The effects on
The morning-after pill can also act as an early
abortifacient. It attacks the womb’s lining, so
The morning-after
despite the fact that the drug company behind it
that if fertilisation has already taken place the
pill: Ethical or not?
recommends that the morning-after pill is not
newly-created embryo is unable to implant.
given to girls under 16 without the supervision
Describing the morning-after pill as “emergency
How can a woman
contraception” is misleading. Sometimes the
morning-after pill will work as an abortifacient. tell which effect the
In spite of the huge increase in the provision of
drug has had?
Where fertilisation has already occurred the
the morning-after pill since the early 1990s,
morning-after pill will typically result in the loss
there has been no comparable decrease in the
She cannot tell. One of the difficulties a woman
of human life, as the newly created embryo
number of registered abortions or teenage
faces after taking the morning-after pill is that
cannot survive when he/she is prevented from
pregnancies, despite the early abortions it
she will probably never know whether it caused
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encourage risk-taking behaviour and sexual
promiscuity. In this way it also exacerbates the
spread of sexually transmitted diseases, as it
Promotion of the morning-after pill is