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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

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ACLU: strict anti-abortion law could also ban contraceptives.

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SOURCE

CONTRACEPTIVE TECHNOLOGY UPDATE. 1991 Sep;12(9):138-40.

ABSTRACT

In states that pass very restrictive abortion laws, contraceptives may be outlawed as well. A Louisiana law prohibits

abortion, even to save the life of the mother, and defines the moment of conception to be contact between a

spermatozoan and an ovum. The law carries a maximum 10 year prison sentence and a $100,000 maximum fine.

According to this definition, oral contraceptives, IUDs and Norplant would all be considered abortifacient and would

thus be illegal. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filled a suit on behalf of the women seeking

abortions, the physicians performing abortions, and abortion clinics. There appear to be some problem with banning

the contraceptives because the law stipulates that you must terminate the pregnancy with intent and if you don't

know you are pregnant, then you can't have intent. Thus contraceptives work without knowledge of pregnancy and

should not be included. The ACLU also claims that the definition of conception is not medically or scientifically

accepted and as such it is faulty. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 2085-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "ACLU: strict anti-abortion law could also ban

contraceptives.", is(are) . The source of this article is "CONTRACEPTIVE TECHNOLOGY UPDATE. 1991

Sep;12(9):138-40.". This article was published in 1991 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT3T 2085-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 12085

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