Emergency contraceptive medications such as Plan B, also known as the morning-after pill, taken to prevent pregnancy after unprotected intercourse, have been falsely interpreted by some as a form of abortion.
Plan-B emergency contraceptive is diplayed on the self in a drug store in Annapolis, Md., July 6, 2022., ending nearly five decades of a precedent that protected the constitutional right to an abortion, there has been a lot of public debate and confusion over what constitutes an abortion and what is considered legal.
With no exact consensus, some states have defined "life" as beginning at conception or fertilization -- the moment egg meets sperm. Meanwhile, the -- the nation's leading physician group for OB-GYNs -- says complex medical concepts are being "misused" by state legislators.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, FILE"Conception and pregnancy are not the same thing," said Dr.
"Pregnant people make progesterone, and Plan B is a type of progesterone, so it makes sense that it would have no effect on a developing embryo," Schmidt told ABC News.Some of the confusion may stem from the Food and Drug Administration's own website, which explains that Plan B "may prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb ." The problem, experts say, is that this description is not accurate.
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