The 'monthly birth-control' pill would work by killing newly-conceived human embryos

Anthony Ozimic, SPUC's communications manager, has commented on recent news that scientists are developing a monthly birth-control pill as an alternative to daily birth-control pills and the morning-after pill.

Such a pill would work by killing newly-conceived human embryos.

Anthony told Simon Caldwell, writing for the Catholic Times this past weekend: "Firstly, it is both nonsensical and devious to speak of 'post-fertilisation contraception'. Contraception is something which prevents conception, which every embryology textbook teaches is the fertilisation of an egg by a sperm. The use of any drug to prevent a newly-conceived embryo from implanting in the womb, or to dislodge him or her from the womb, is abortion.

"Secondly, promoting chemical abortion outside of medical centres as preferable to surgical abortion inside medical centres is to promote a form of backstreet abortion.

"Lastly, the supposed 'benefit' of greater convenience will further fuel the already-rampant levels of promiscuity, abuse and disease which has been fuelled by mass promotion of both the ordinary contraceptive pill and the morning-after pill." [John Smeaton, 30 September]

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• New series of pro-abortion 'Masterclasses' to be held in NUI Maynooth [Pat Buckley, 2 October]
• SPUC's Anthony McCarthy comments on donor-conceived children [National Catholic Register, 1 October]
• Belgian killed by euthanasia after a botched sex change operation [Telegraph, 1 October]
• Mother of sex change Belgian: 'I don't care about his euthanasia death' [Telegraph, 2 October]
• How to debunk the myth of overpopulation in three easy steps [LifeSiteNews.com, 1 October]
• Global study shows most countries unprepared for aging population [LifeSiteNews.com, 1 October]
• The mother who says her unplanned third baby will wreck her perfect life [Mail, 2 October]
• Stay at home mothers are persona non grata to the Conservatives [Telegraph, 1 October]
• Russian Federation under pressure on abortion and on laws enacted to protect children [Pat Buckley, 30 September]