Does the Birth Control Pill Cause Abortions

A complete article entitled “Birth Control Pill: Abortifacient and Contraceptive” by William F. Colliton,
Jr., M.D., FACOG, which includes the above statements can be found at the EPM web page
www.epm.org/26doctor.html.
It should go without saying that the latter statement should not be regarded as more credible simply
because it has been signed on to by six more OB-GYNs than the prior one. The point is not numbers
(26 people can be wrong as easily as 20) but accuracy of research and evidence. I believe that on
close inspection (unfortunately this rarely takes place) nearly all objective parties would agree that
the second statement is based on sounder science than the first.
I do not know how many pregnancy centers have received or read this second document. I do know,
as of late in 2000, many sincere prolifers are still citing the earlier statement and continue to make
inaccurate statements such as “There’s really no evidence the Pill can cause abortions” or even “it’s
been proven by doctors that the Pill is never an abortifacient.” I wish these statements were true.
Unfortunately, they are not.