The #conservative #Christian #Idaho Family Pol Ctr is recommending states #ban #access to emergency #contraception & #IUD, which they mislabel as “#abortifacients” in a paper outlining next steps “now that we’ve successfully eliminated elective abortion.”

#Medical societies say it’s wrong to characterize emergency #contraceptive pills, a #BirthControl method used w/in days of unprotected sex, & IUDs, which are long-acting & reversible, as causing #abortions bc NEITHER END AN EXISTING PREGNANCY.

@Nonilex one thing that is a big point of friction between the pro and anti choice movements is the definition of various terms regarding human reproduction.

The motivation for the anti choice side is also a tricky subject. They talk about "saving babies" but at the core of their belief is that women should be punished for having sex.

You can see it in the fact that most of the anti choice crowd isn't also clamoring for universal child care, universal maternal care, universal post partum care, universal food & housing access, etc etc. The main focus for the vast majority of anti choice people is to make sure every fertilized egg becomes a baby and then they don't give a shit what happens after it takes its first breath.

(Some do actually support the whole enchilada, but it's a vanishingly small minority.)

@loveallexcludenone @Nonilex

The only argument the other side can make is that a doctor should not be forced to do an abortion (keeping their job is a different story)

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