Pill as abortifacient: "Question from Tom on 03-15-2005:
Judie,
Do you have information on the percentage of the time that the pill works an an abortifacient / how many times a year a woman on the pill will ovulate?
Thanks,
Tom
Answer by Judie Brown on 03-15-2005:
Dear Tom,
Here's a comment on that question from Pharmacists for Life International. You can read the full document online at http://www.pfli.org/faq_oc.html.
'The answer to this question can be found by comparing the rate of break-through ovulation and the detected pregnancy rate. The ovulation rate has been reported to be about 27 ovulations in 100 women using the pill for one year. But the detected pregnancy rate is much lower at around 4 pregnancies per 100 women using the pill for one year. As you can see, there is a big difference between the number of women who ovulation (27) and the number of detected pregnancies (4). What has happened within the woman?s body to reduce the high ovulation rate to such a low number of detected pregnancies? I suggest that one answer to this important question is that pregnancies have begun, because ovulation and fertilization have occurred, but some of these pregnancies are terminated because implantation cannot take place. The pill has damaged the lining of the womb, stopping implanation.'
That may be a bit technical, but I hope it helps.
Judie Brown "