Comments on: Mitt Romney: Why I Vetoed Contraception Bill

By: Bithead

Bithead — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 01:59:21 +0000

One wonders whether the odd spellings "prolife" and "prochoice" are Romney's or part of the Globe's style guide. I don't believe I've ever seen them rendered that way.

I get the impression such words aren't used by the paper, and therefore the style guide doesn't know how to deal with them.

By: carsick

carsick — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:26:03 +0000

In other words, the morning after pill prevents the egg from being fertilized. Hence, no conception.
The body does the same thing because eggs have a fairly short shelf life and the body uses chemical triggers, just like RU 486, to kick the unfertilized egg out. Though the morning-after pill just fools the body into thinking the egg has past its expiration date a few hours early. Stress can do the same thing sometimes. So unless you want to stop women from having periods to expell eggs or you want to stop women from having stress then...

By: carsick

carsick — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:19:03 +0000

Conception doesn't begin when the sperm enters the tube. Conception begins when the sperm penetrates the egg's outer shields. That is not known to happen in the first 24 hours.
It takes awhile for the sperm to get it's bearings. Of course it never consults a map so that could take awhile. Then it needs to race against the other sperm to be first and have on the right colonge. Of course it needs to take a few breathers and perhaps a piss stop along the way. Sperm usually takes about 24 hours to reach the egg. Of course the sperm doesn't have eyes nor does it have chemical sensors to help it look for the egg. It has to literally bump into it.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:43:28 +0000

"Contraception" means "against conception." Once a egg is fertilized, conception has already taken place and the woman is already pregnant.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:43:35 +0000

The morning-after pill has no abortive purpose. Abortion requires a pregnancy. The morning-after pill, at the latest point, prevents the implantation of a fertilized egg in the uterine wall. Without implantation, there's no pregnancy, ergo, no abortion.

By: The LLama Butchers

The LLama Butchers — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:34:17 +0000

Fighting For The Helm

I noted this L.A. Times article over at Drudge about Hillary and the effort of the Democratic Leadership Council to reestablish its power in the Democratic Party. I think ol' Hill is well aware of the fact that the S.S....

By: Rick DeMent

Rick DeMent — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:22:21 +0000

Yet the morning after pill works exactly like any other oral contraception and it does not seem as if he would have the balls to ban that (what would all those catholic women do).

What a tool.

By: http://www.elephantsordonkeys.com

http://www.elephantsordonkeys.com — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

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