Posted by psychobot5000 on June 28, 2008, at 17:42:47
> > Scott is that the abortion day after med? Phillipa
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> No, I don't think so. I believed it is used to induce a miscarriage at up to two months of pregnancy.
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> - ScottYeah, there's a lot of confusion, but they're not the same thing. The 'abortion day after' med would be "Plan B"/levonorgestrel, but it's not actually an 'abortion pill.' It works by preventing the sperm from reaching the ovum (through partially blocking the fallopian tubes with extra mucus production, I believe) - so you never become pregnant in the first place. That's why you have to take it in the first day or so.
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