I have heard that some forms of birth control are abortifacients. What does that mean?
An abortifacient is an agent (as a drug) that induces or causes abortion. These abortion-causing chemicals and devices kill babies in the first few days of their lives. The birth control pill, the Mini-Pill, Depo-Provera, Norplant, and the “morning-after pill” (emergency contraception) are publicized as simply preventing ovulation (releasing an egg from the woman’s ovary) and therefore conception. The truth is that these drugs also alter the lining of the uterus or womb so that if ovulation and conception do occur, the newly conceived child cannot attach himself or herself to the wall of the uterus. The IUD does not act to prevent ovulation at all, and it irritates the lining of the uterus so that a conceived baby cannot implant. If a baby cannot implant in the lining of the womb to receive nourishment, he or she dies. Other abortifacients, RU-486 and methotrexate, break down and destroy the baby’s surroundings after he or she has implanted in the mother’s womb, taking away the baby’s
