TORONTO, Apr 21 (LSN) - Michael Izzotti, a practicing pharmacist and the President of
Pharmacists for Life International - Canada, told LifeSite yesterday that the manual used
by pharmacists confirms that “the pill” causes abortions. Izzotti read out various segments
of the “Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties” that indicated that the so-called
contraceptive pill acts in three ways, one of which is to weaken the endometrium (the lining
of the womb) thus preventing implantation of the conceived child. Izzotti told LifeSite that"altering the endometrium has no other purpose than to prevent the implantation of an
already conceived (fertilized) child thus causing an abortion.”

The three ways in which oral contraceptives operate are:
i) preventing ovulation (the release of an egg from the ovary)
ii) thickening the cervical mucus, making it harder for the sperm to reach the egg, and
iii) preventing implantation if fertilization has taken place.

While the first two mechanisms would be truly contraceptive (ie. preventing conception or
fertilization) the third would be abortive since the conceived child would not be able to
connect to its mother’s life-sustaining uterus, dying as a result.

Scientific evidence concurs with the pro-life movement that life begins at conception
(fertilization) from which time the being is alive, human, complete (in its DNA blueprint)
and growing. Thus whenever oral contraceptives (including IUD’s, Norplant, and Depo-Provera
injections) fail to prevent fertilization, they cause abortions. This documentation, which
is becoming increasingly available, has sometimes shocked even pro-lifers who have been
using them, having accepted the claims that all these “contraceptives” did was prevent
fertilization.

Contraceptive manufacturers include some of this revealing material in their own
documentation handed out with oral contraceptive packages. A “Narrative from Oral
Contraceptive Module” put on the internet by a pro-abortion/contraception organization also
confirms this truth. Family Health International, which describes itself as a ” not-for
profit organization committed to helping women and men have access to safe, effective,
acceptable and affordable family planning methods,” indicates on its web site that “Under
the influence of COCs (oral contraceptives), only a small amount of endometrial growth
occurs. The thinner endometrium would make implantation unlikely, in the rare event that
fertilization occurs.”

Izzotti told LifeSite that interested individuals should inquire with their pharmacists
about the three actions of oral contraceptives. “Pharmacists are the health care
professionals who are the most trusted and accessible to the public,” he said.

See the FHI information sheet on Oral Contraceptives here:
http://resevoir.fhi.org/en/ctu/ctuanim.html

For a full explanation of the abortifacient nature of contraceptive pills go to:
http://www.iol.ie/~hlii/doc9.html