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Pro-life group demands accurate labeling as abortifacient BY LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz  AUKLAND, New Zealand, January 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Plan B medication can cause abortion in the earliest stages of pregnancy, the New Zealand manufacturer that distributes the drug has admitted.   Schering [NZ] Ltd, based in Auckland, produces the emergency contraceptive drug for sale in New Zealand. Schering produces and distributes a pamphlet providing information on Plan B that pharmacists give to women who purchase the drug. The pamphlet clearly states that Plan B may prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb, thereby causing the death of the newly-conceived child.  The pamphlet states that the drug Levonelle is thought to work by:  1. Stopping or delaying the ovaries from releasing an egg.  2. Preventing sperm from fertilizing an egg you may have already released.  3. Stopping a fertilized egg from attaching itself to the lining of the uterus.  Despite the manufacturer’s admission that the drug can lead to abortion, the packaging does not alert women to the possibility. Plan B is available in New Zealand without prescription for over the counter sales in pharmacies, with no age restrictions in place.  Right to Life New Zealand fought unsuccessfully to prevent the drug from becoming non-prescription, and to have the drug correctly labeled as an abortifacient.   Ken Orr, spokesperson for RLNZ, told LifeSiteNews.com in an email communication that his organization intends to reopen the issue.“It is now our intention to again take this issue up with our Minister of Health seeking to have this drug named correctly as an abortifacient and not incorrectly as a contraceptive,” Orr wrote.  See related LifeSiteNews coverage:  Plan B Manufacturer Admits Morning After Pill Can Cause Death of an Embryo  http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/sep/06090701.html  UNICEF Demands Abortion for Underage Girls without Parents Knowledge  http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/oct/04101201.html http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/plan-b-manufacturer-for-new-zealand-admits-it-causes-abortion/

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