A new survey of over 1,000 Welsh women in their peak childbearing years suggests that more than 20% have had surgical abortions. The results of the survey also revealed that half of these aborted women were either not using contraception at all or had forgot to use their "oral contraceptives" when they became pregnant.The survey was conducted by Schering Health Care, a U.K. subsidiary of Bayer Schering Pharma AG, which is a manufacturer of abortifacient drugs -- drugs marketed, of course, as "birth control." And, not surprisingly, the company and other pro-abortion groups believe that the study emphasizes the need for yet more of its products. For instance, Dr. Tony Calland, chairman of the British Medical Association's Welsh Council, argued that there was simply no excuse for not using appropriate contraception. "All we can do is continue to emphasise that contraception is the way forward in a relationship, even if that means the morning after pill."
With the scientific evidence more than clear that the drugs in the "morning after pill" kill unborn boys and girls, Dr. Calland's claim that this is "the way forward in a relationship" is ironic (and tragic) in the extreme. But the promotion of abortifacients always is. The slogan of Bayer Schering Pharma AG (formerly Schering AG) itself is "We take pride in our long tradition of turning new ideas into life-enhancing drugs."
However, this news story at icWales (U.K.) does reflect a lot more than Schering's desire to sell more pills. Indeed, it is a remarkably fair piece of reporting. From the headline "'I Want Abortion' Generation Criticised" to responses from Rev. Aled Edwards (chief executive of Churches Together), the Most Rev. Peter Smith (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff) and Janet Thomas (the South Wales spokesperson for the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children), the Western Mail-originated story is an unusually balanced and important one.
Except, of course, for the "the elephant in the corner" which is so often is overlooked in news stories dealing with this topic; namely, the remarkably relevant question -- "If half of the women who underwent abortion became pregnant because they were either not using 'contraception' or using it incorrectly, then doesn't that mean that half of the women were faithfully using the pills and still became pregnant?"
Let's face it. So-called birth control gets a pass from the press, the doctors, the educators, and so many others. The facts about it's inefficiency, its long term dangers to a woman's health, it's damage (Dr. Calland's remark notwithstanding) to relationships, and it's lethal effects upon preborn human life are all routinely and irresponsibly ignored.
