Univ of WI ad angers abortion critics (bring morn. after pill on spring

break. The ad was pain for with student fees. Seems like very good advice to me.


http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/mar05/308921.asp

UW ad angers abortion critics
Students urged to bring morning-after pill on spring break

By NAHAL TOOSI
ntoosi@journalsentinel.com
Posted: March 11, 2005

The University of Wisconsin-Madison's health services division has been publishing newspaper ads encouraging students to have emergency contraception - the so-called morning-after pill - on hand during spring break, a move that is rankling abortion critics in the state......


The morning-after pill, a dosage of high hormone pills designed to disrupt the usual process of pregnancy, has been around for many years, but remains a controversial subject. Although many health care providers, as well as the American Medical Association, believe the contraceptive is safe enough to sell over the counter, the Food and Drug Administration has not approved that method of distribution.

The pills work in complex ways, including preventing sperm and egg from joining and altering the lining of the uterus, which would keep a fertilized egg from implanting. The latter is what many abortion opponents find objectionable.

The morning-after pill is not the same thing as RU-486, a pill that induces abortions. The university's ad describes the contraceptive as "two pills that you take within 72 hours of unprotected sex to substantially reduce the chance of becoming pregnant."....