
The legal limbo of abortion rights
Explain It to Me
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Do You Think IUDs Are Abortifacients?
The Supreme Court has used the doctrine of privacy to strike down laws that restrict access to contraception, abortion and more. The court accepted their belief and then said that because that was their religious belief, certain consequences flowed from that. There is no medical authority, no credible medical authority at all that recognizes IUDs as anything other than contraception. They are not abortifacients neither is plan B. And IUD will not terminate a pregnancy. Plan B does not terminate aregnancy. It prevents a pregnancy from taking place, but that is different from terminating a pregnancy.
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