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Debate: Emergency contraception
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- Argument: Emergency contraception is a form of abortion
- Argument: Emergency contraception is not equivalent to abortion
- Argument: Even if emergency contraception can be considered abortion, abortion is ok
- Argument: Emergency contraceptive pills can have serious, harmful side-effects
- Argument: Serious side-effects from emergency contraception are extremely rare
- Argument: Emergency contraception may be seen by some as an alternative to safer forms of contraception
- Argument: Only completely mis-informed individuals would rely solely on morning after pill for protection against pregnancy and STDs
- Argument: Emergency contraception encourages irresponsible sexual behavior
- Argument: Whether intentionally or otherwise, people do sometimes have unprotected sex without wanting to get pregnant
- Argument: There are significant harms arising from selling the morning-after pill through pharmacies
- Argument: There are good reasons for making the morning-after pill a non-prescription drug
- UK-specific argument: Even though abortion is legal, emergency contraception is not covered by the terms of the 1967 Abortion Act
- UK-specific argument: This argument is irrelevant because emergency contraception does not cause miscarriage
