Is birth control abortion?

Birth control is NOT abortion. Calling birth control a form of abortion is just obfuscating two different "controversies". Birth control prevents pregnancies, not abort them. So in short: birth control is nothing even close to being a form of abortion. Abortion involves a fertilized egg, and birth control never lets things progress to that stage. read more

Some birth control methods provide a physical barrier to conception without altering a woman's hormones. Others rely on hormones to prevent ovulation and restrict implantation—at least in theory. Whether or not hormonal birth control can cause an abortion is the subject of much debate. read more

Oct. 4, 2012 -- Abortions and unplanned pregnancies dropped dramatically in a new study when women and teenaged girls were provided birth control at no cost. The women and girls were also more likely to choose IUDs or contraceptive implants when cost was not an issue. read more