-Removed-Whether a woman knows she’s pregnant or not is irrelevant to the abortion debate, at least as far as Roman Catholicism is concerned. The strict doctrine is that anything which hinders pregnancy is prima facie forbidden, and given that contraceptives hinder conception, it follows that the morning after pill is morally equivalent to abortion ( for Catholics, and probably also for many Evangelicals).
-Removed-If you take the Catholic position as pilloried by the Python Crew, then every sperm is sacred and any attempt to interfere or present a barrier between sperm saying hello to egg is abhorrent.
By that logic, vasectomies should also be banned along with the pill, the condom, the morning after pill and abortion.
-Removed-Morning after pills prevent fertilization, so no:
"The morning-after pill's role is to prevent pregnancy from occurring to keep that sneaky sperm from meeting an egg to fertilize. Simply put—no fertilization, no pregnancy."
https://cadenceotc.com/blogs/learn-share/understanding-the-morning-after-pill-10-things-you-should-know
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The morning after pill can equate to an abortion because it prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall.
It won't kill a fertilized egg directly but the egg will die after menstruation.
Then again, a woman isn't technically considered pregnant until the egg is implanted. But given that conservatives have laws treating embryos like people, that hardly matters.
@vivify saidThe FDA's current position is that this does not happen. The morning after pill only prevents ovulation and does not interfere with implantation.
The morning after pill can equate to an abortion because it prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall.
Which is very convenient, politically. 😆