(1) They emphasized that trichosanthin only has an abortifacient effect when injected.(2) He notes that the organization moved from opposing the abortifacient theory to a neutral position in 1999.(3) McCrystal, 37, trained as a pharmacist but left his job in a Belfast pharmacy in 1993 because he felt he could no longer distribute contraceptive pills, believing them to be abortifacient .(4) Large doses of ashwagandha may possess abortifacient properties; therefore, it should not be taken during pregnancy.(5) Anti-abortion activists have always claimed that the morning-after pill is an abortifacient as it can work by preventing the implantation of an embryo.(6) Claiming that the pill was an abortifacient , the board stated: ‘The proposed indication was deemed unacceptable and the company voluntarily withdrew the application.’(7) Middle Eastern Unani medicine affirms its abortifacient properties.(8) Evidence that women used abortifacient herbs dates back to the Egyptians.(9) Many people think the Pill is simply a preventative measure, but it does also act as an abortifacient .(10) From this, Meilander concludes that emergency contraception is more like contraception than abortifacient procedures.(11) The new label states: ‘Because of its abortifacient property, Cytotec is contraindicated for use by pregnant women.’(12) Traditional folk medicine offered recipes for abortifacient brews of aloes, pennyroyal, and extracts from wild juniper bushes that so poisoned or irritated the system that miscarriages occurred as a side effect.(13) He asserts that two contraceptives - one of which, the IUD, is not much used in the United States - may on occasion have abortifacient properties.(14) The World Health Organization has put two abortifacient drugs on its list of essential medicines to offer an alternative to surgical methods that are often used in developing countries.(15) Parliament must have been aware of these methods and cannot have had in mind a process where abortifacient agents were administered by nurses.(16) Because it is reputed to affect the menstrual cycle and to be an abortifacient , its use in pregnancy and lactation is to be avoided.
