Birth Control Pill: Abortifacient and Contraceptive
Dear s iste r and brothe r s ignator ies of the document e ntitled Birth Control Pills: Contraceptive or Abortifacient . We love you. We recognize our own s inful natures and are not insens itive to the rea l difficulty of admitting that o ne might poss ibly be wrong. One o f us ( WFC., Jr.) was for several yea rs convinced that labe ling birth control pill s as abortifac ient was the work of an extremist right wing medical conspiracy. O nly on entering into a se rious study of the matte r did he become convinced of the error of hi s ways. We also believe that we have a God whose love for all of us is immeasurable, unqualifi ed, and unchang in g. If you are good enough for Him, you sure ly must qualify fo r o ur love. At the 1998 midwinte r meeting of the American Assoc iation o f ProLife Obstetricians and Gyneco logists (AA PLOG), Pamela Smith, M.D., pres ident of the organization, ca lled for the producti on of a Principles of Pro-Life Medical and Public Health Practice manua l. When do ing thi s she sa id :