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Originally Posted by TimV  Quote: |
For the sake of argument I am assuming that the Pill and other chemical contraceptives occasionally cause abortion. I do believe this is the case, and the people I have been discussing this with agree that it is the case. The disagreement is does this means that it can't be prescribed.
| Replace abortion with something else. If the pill is sinful because it may cause abortion then anything that causes a side effect that harms anyone is sinful.
Any medicine, sport, exercise, pipe smoking, etc.. is sinful, because they can all cause harmful side effects.
Really, folks, I do tree removal and bee and wasp exterminations. Monday I had to climb a huge oak tree that was too big for my safety harness to kill some aggressive bees 40 feet up. The chance of me hurting myself is a degree of magnitude greater than a married women who for reasons she and her husband believe are for her health takes responsible chemical birth control for a limited time.
It shouldn't be that difficult.
Ask yourself the question. On those grounds, that the pill could as a rare side effect cause abortion, would you make a complaint to the Session about it, and demand church discipline take place if the family doesn't desist? |
The key distinction, from what I have gathered from those who would call it an abortifacient, is that part of the modern Pill's specifically designed functionality is to prevent the implantation of a fertilized embryo in case the contraceptive components fail.
The ethical question is not one of "can it possibly cause an abortion as a side-effect", but rather "does this pill have an abortive 'fail-safe' mechanism as part of its a deliberate design".
My question is whether there are still any of the older contraceptive-only Pills available for those worried about the possible abortive design.