Wrong! If an egg has been fertilized, and you take the Morning After Pill, it will work to prevent the embryo from implanting in your uterine wall. If this happens, an abortion will occur, because each human life begins as an embryo.¹

Shortly after the sperm penetrates the egg, 46 human chromosomes come together into a complex genetic design that helps to determine the unique characteristics of a new individual -- the eye and hair color, gender, skin tone, height, and even the intricate swirl of the fingerprints. That new life may not be able to implant and continue to grow because of the effects that the hormones in the Pills have on your uterine wall.

How can you know if an egg has been fertilized? That’s the problem – you can’t know. But we do know that sperm can reach the fallopian tubes mere minutes after intercourse², and if an egg has already been released, conception could occur.

So, there is a possibility that by the time you wake up to the “morning after,” a new human life may have come into being. If that’s the case, when you take the Morning After Pill, it will cause a very early abortion.

The Morning After Pill cannot guarantee the prevention of pregnancy, nor does it protect you from sexually transmitted infections or diseases.

1. Moore, Keith L. and Persaud, T.V.N, The Developing Human, Clinically Oriented Embryology,6th Edition, W.B. Saunders Company; Copyright 1998, pp. 2 & 3.
2. Speroff, L. and Fritz, M.A., Clinical Gynecological Endocrinology and Infertility, 7th Edition., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Copyright 2005, p. 235.