What is an Abortifacient?
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Changes Definition
By J. C. Willke MD
Contraception, abortifacient--what's the difference? Well, on the face of it,
it's rather simple. A contraceptive, properly so-called, prevents human life from
beginning. The laws of our land permit contraceptive use in all 50 states. Certain
types are sold only on prescription, others without prescriptions over the counter.
Substantial portions of our federal tax monies in the last two decades have been
spent for the promotion of contraceptive education and contraceptive use--
particularly among teenage and poverty groups.
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An abortifacient can also be simply defined. It is a drug or device which causes
an abortion within the first one or two weeks of a human's life. An abortifacient
acts after human life has begun and produces a micro-abortion. The Roe vs. Wade and
more recent Casey Supreme Court decisions, which legalized abortion in all of our
states, for social reasons, for the full nine months of pregnancy, obviously also
legalized it in the very first weeks. Abortifacients, which had been outlawed in
every state since the Civil War, are now legal in every state. So far, so simple.
But now we get into a cloudy area. The intrauterine device is advertised in our
medical journals as a "contraceptive." The morning-after pill, or shot, is
advertised as a "contraceptive." The contraceptive pill, which also at times
produces micro-abortions, is also advertised as a "contraceptive." So is the new
Norplant. To say the least, this blurs the distinction between contraceptives and
abortifacients, and confuses people.
In the early 1960's, officials from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
teamed up with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and they simply redefined the
word "conception." They said it would no longer be the time of union of sperm and
ovum, but rather would be the time, one week later, when this new human plants inside
the lining of the mother's womb. "Fertilization" would still be the word used for
the time of union of sperm and ovum. The interesting thing was though that no one
knew of this change except an inner circle of medical and drug people. And so what
has happened? Well, just what they planned.
Today a physician can truthfully call the IUD a "contraceptive," and mean that it
prevents implantation in the wall of the uterus, while his patient, hearing him use
the word, "contraception," will understand it to mean "the prevention of the union of
sperm and ovum." And so, presto! An abortifacient is called a "contraceptive," and
everybody is fooled. A classic example of double speak, or the perversion of
That slight of hand definition change happened 30 years ago. Today only a few
physicians know that many so-called contraceptives really act as abortifacients.
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