.- A
group of doctors from Peru’s College of Medicine have issued a
statement this week rejecting the morning-after pill as abortifacient
and arguing that it should therefore not be legalized in the country.
The statement
comes as the courts in Peru are hearing a case on whether or not the
pill violates Peruvian law. The doctors point out that both the
FDA in the United States, the World Health Organization and the
laboratories that produce and distribute the drug “do acknowledge the
existence of the anti-implantation mechanism.”
“The mere
possibility that the drug’s mechanism is that of preventing
implantation of a newly conceived embryo is enough to consider it
dangerous for human life,” the doctors added.
The statement
also warned of the studies “that relate use of the [morning-after pill]
with ectopic pregnancies, which can lead to the death of the
mother. In all of the scientific studies, it has been shown that
the rate of side effects is between 25-35%. Therefore it cannot
be said that it is harmless.”
The Peruvian
doctors are calling for a “scientific debate on the issue,” in order to
determine the truth about the drug and in accord with the role of the
physician to “first do no harm.”
Peruvian doctors reject morning-after pill, calling it an illegal abortifacient
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