Rachel Frank

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Miss-Conceptions: Abortifacients, Regulatory Failure, and Political Opportunity

Scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows that the categorization of Plan B and other emergency contraceptives as “abortifacient,” or abortion-inducing, is incorrect. This Note argues that policy-makers and judges entrench this misunderstanding, incorrectly and unnecessarily blurring the lines between contraception and abortion, and fact and belief.