LETTERS: MORNING-AFTER PILL ACTUALLY PRODUCES EARLY ABORTION

To the editor:

This is in regard to the recent article, "Docs asked to give morning-after pill in advance." The article said that all women of childbearing age should be offered advance prescriptions of the morning-after pill during routine checkups. Supposedly, this would dramatically reduce the number of abortions and unintended pregnancies.

This story contains misinformation. The scientific community redefined pregnancy a decade ago, saying when an embryo attaches itself to the wall of the uterus and a woman begins to see changes in her body, she is pregnant. Reality is that a woman has an ovum waiting which can be fertilized within 15 to 30 minutes after intercourse. Therefore, if she conceives in such a short time and uses the pill, she will actually be having an early abortion, because Preven causes the uterine wall to harden so the embryo cannot attach itself and is shed from the womb. If the baby does attach itself to the uterine wall despite the use of Preven, it may cause the baby to be deformed.

Birth control is scientifically proven to increase a woman's chance of developing breast cancer. A 25-year study of 46,000 women who used birth-control pills over a 10-year period found an increase in mortality from circulatory diseases and cervical cancer. Women are being told that if they survive taking the pill for 10 years and then make it through an additional 10 years, they have escaped the pill's death threat.

BERNICE and BOB BUEHRLE

Cape Girardeau