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BIRTH control; SEXUAL health; SEXUAL ethics; ABORTION; CONTRACEPTION; RELIGION & birth control; PRO-choice movement; PRO-life movement; ORAL contraceptives; PROGESTATIONAL hormones; CONTRACEPTIVE drugs

Discusses the increase in doctors and pharmacists in the U.S. who refuse to dispense birth control pills because of their personal and religious beliefs. Consideration of the controversial belief that various forms of hormonal contraception cause thousands of abortions annually; Claims from reproductive rights advocates that emergency contraception is an important aspect of women's health care; Belief from anti-Pill doctors and pharmacists that the Pill allows a chemical abortion of the unborn fetus as a fertilized egg. INSETS: The Post-Fertilization Effect: Fact or Fiction?;The Debate over Emergency Contraception.