Why do proponents of Plan B say that it doesn cause abortions?
Cleaver Ruse: It comes down to the definition of “pregnancy.” It used to be universally acknowledged that “pregnancy” began when human life began. That is, when a human egg was fertilized by a human sperm somewhere in the vicinity of the ovary, before the tiny growing embryo began the weeklong journey through the fallopian tube and into the uterus to burrow into the endometrium, a nourishing temporary home. But the IUD changed all that. Not the process, of course, but the definition. Promoters of intrauterine devices in the 1960s lobbied successfully to “delay” the official start of pregnancy by 10 days, to the point of implantation, so that the IUD, which works post-fertilization, could still be labeled a “contraceptive.” Thus, while new human life begins when it always began, “pregnancy” is sometimes said to begin a week-and-a-half later, depending on what you’re reading. The morning-after pill pushers are taking this confusion to the bank. Supporters of Plan B claim that it doesn’t
