You're right. The ';Morning After Pill'; is a super-high dose of female hormones, like those contained in 28-day birth control pills. The morning after pill works by preventing you from ovulating if you are near to doing so in your cycle. No egg = no fertilization = no baby. Additionally, some research suggests that it *may* prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterine lining. However, there does not seem to be any definitive answer on this as of yet. If you are *already* pregnant by the time you take the morning after pill, it will have no effect upon you.
The 'abortion pill' (RU-486) however, induces miscarriage of a pregnancy that is established. It first terminates the pregnancy, then causes severe cramping and spasming of the uterus (similar to the muscle spasm experienced during mensturation) which expells the contents of the uterus.
As to whether the morning after pill or traditional birth control pills can be considered a form of abortion - this depends on what your definition of abortion is. If you define it as termination of an established pregnancy, then no, they are not. However, as the pill can prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus, one could also argue that it *does* qualify as abortion. It depends entirely on your perspective.Do you consider the morning after pill a form of abortion? Birth control pills?
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Absolutely not. The birth control pill does not allow your egg to be fertilized, and the morning after pill doesn't allow it to attach to the uterus wall.
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