Stem Cell Research and the Morning After Pill

Mildred Smith needs to get her facts straight. Stem cell research would be done on embryo's which would otherwise be discarded in a dumpster. Does she think it is better to throw an embryo away then use it's stem cells in scientific research that might find cures for Parkinsons Disease, Alzheimer's and a host of other malady's?

As for the morning after pill it is birth control (the morning after pill does not cause abortions, it merely prevents a pregnancy from occurring). How is using birth control hurting anyone? You can get condoms without a prescription to, so I fail to see why she is upset that women can now use birth control without a prescription.

As for abortions, allowing women access to the morning after pill without a prescription should significantly lower then number of abortions. As usual Ms. Smith has over estimated the number. According to the CDC during 1990--1997, the number of legal induced abortions gradually declined. When the same 48 reporting areas are compared, the number of abortions decreased during 1996--2001. In 2000 and 2001, even with one additional reporting state, the number of abortions declined slightly. In 2000, as in previous years, deaths related to legal induced abortions occurred rarely (less than one death per 100,000 abortions). As women gain access to better and more reliable birth control the numbers should decrease even further.