But aren't the forms of contraception that Hobby Lobby objects to specifically marketed as contraception that can prevent implantation? I know that Plan B is-whether IUDs prevent implantation is perhaps a little more controversial. For people who believe that life begins at fertilization, a form of contraception that prevents implantation is a problem.
Tessa From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Jean Dudley Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2014 12:43 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: How Far Does Hobby Lobby Decision Potentially Reach? On Jul 2, 2014, at 9:24 AM, Michael Peabody <peabody...@gmail.com<mailto:peabody...@gmail.com>> wrote: (and indeed there's no scientific consensus as to whether the contraception causes abortion) Problem with this sentence on two levels: First, contraception is a pretty broad term, and includes things like abstinence, barriers, hormone therapy. Literally defined, contraception prevents or impedes conception. Abortion, on the other hand is medically defined as the premature exit of the product/s of conception. Abortion can be induced or spontaneous. BTW, about 1/2 of all conceptions are aborted spontaneously, and if one believes it was God's will, then that makes one's God the busiest abortion provider in the universe. As for the claim that there's no scientific consensus as to whether "the contraception" (Plan B? The Pill? IUD? Condoms? Pulling out? ) causes abortion, that's because it's damn hard to conduct ethical, empirical tests whether or not a zygote was prevented from implanting in the uterine wall tissue, or if it was ejected during induced menses. Remember, there can be no consensus unless there are multiple, peer reviewed experiments under rigorous scientific processes. Not many women are willing to have their menstrual effluvia collected for scientific examination. Not many scientists think it important enough to find out, either. Not many sources of funding for any kind of scientific research of any kind, much less something so female-centric. Carry on. I'm just providing some uterine perspective here. Jean. TMI? Yeah. Deal with it. ________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2013.0.3485 / Virus Database: 3955/7691 - Release Date: 06/17/14 Internal Virus Database is out of date.
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