Reply #2: Argh. Plan B *is* pro-life. It prevents ovulation, not implantation. [View All]

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The News Virginian writes:

We are troubled, however, that Allen is profiting off a drug that many of his evangelical supporters consider a form of abortion. Allen is staunchly pro-life yet owns stock in Barr Laboratories, makers of Plan B, or the morning-after contraceptive pill, according to his financial disclosure report.

Taken within 72 hours of intercourse, Plan B prevents pregnancy.

It seems hypocritical to oppose a woman’s right to choose while investing in a drug that does just that.
Allen should dump his Barr stock.

Well, if Allen's evangelical supporters consider Plan B a form of abortion, they must consider all birth control pills a form of abortion, because they work exactly the same way.

Instead of calling on Allen to drop his support in a drug that actually prevents abortions and provides women with reproductive choice, they should've called on him to educate his supporters about what the drug actually does!