Plan B: Unexpected Candor

I don't often blog about political issues, though I think about them a great deal when they influence health. This seemed important to recall (and isn't that what a blog is for?)

From the NY Times, a comment that I wouldn't have expected on Plan B (appears on page 2, at the end of the article):

Plan B may in rare circumstances prevent a fertilized egg from becoming implanted, something abortion opponents decry. But regular oral contraceptives do that, too.

Found the link from the Christianity Today blog, which asked: Outrage on Plan B, So Why Not the Pill? I recognize that the posting was mainly aimed at Protestants, many/most of whom don't scruple at Pill usage. I hope that these questions and the science behind how OC's work get better disseminated (yes, Izzy, there's a horrible pun in there...)

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Truth in advertising: Recent changes in my health status have led to the need to considerably suppress ovarian functioning after development of insulin resistance. All that leads to an interesting exchange over dinner last Wednesday:

Me: Discussion of status of (we're still calling it) pre-diabetes.

Matthew: So, are you on the pill? (little P pill, meaning oral glucose meds.)

Me (after getting OK from Izzy): Yes. (including meaning big P Pill).

Izzy (clarifying): She means Yes AND Yes.

For us, after years of NFP/roulette, having to take OC's was an unexpected development. It also meant the very end of any lingering thoughts of babies...Probably a good reality check for someone in her late, late, late twenties.