Friday, March 9, 2007

The morning after pill

A news story ran this evening about parents of a murdered teenager trying to get Alexa's Law passed in Kansas. The potential law is so-named after the unborn baby of the murdered teenager.

I'm not commenting about the law or the potentially far-reaching implications. I haven't read it and know nothing more than what's in the story.

This is the statement that sent me reeling:

The bill would not charge a mother who harmed an unborn child, nor would it charge for death caused by abortion or by medication, such as the morning-after pill.

Now, being a wise little feminist, I lurk, on a daily basis, around Bitch Ph.D.'s blog and distinctly remember this post.

To reiterate: Plan B (aka the morning after pill) is not the abortion pill. It prevents pregnancy from occurring.