Implantation usually occurs about six days after fertilization. Anti-choice publications and Web sites are calling the decision a legal victory. Frances Manion, Midwest counsel to the American Center for Law and Justice, dismisses consumer concerns about access to contraception. What we're talking about are drugs that are designed to prevent implantation of a fertilized ovum. This drug has a major mechanism that is abortifacient.
Medical experts disagree on all counts.
Stewart added that neither the national institutes nor the medical organization for specialists in women's health could say it was possible to have an abortion before a pregnancy begins, because the definition of abortion is the termination of an existing pregnancy. In addition, all hormonal birth control, including breastfeeding and all contraceptive pills, can prevent implantation, according to a unpublished summary of the latest research on contraception by six leading experts on human reproduction, including Stewart and James Trussell Ph.D., among others. Reproductive rights attorneys are concerned about the implications of the case. These are medical facts. Planned Parenthood is reviewing possible legal strategies.