By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A well-researched documentary exposing the abortifacient properties of the birth control pill is now available online.
According to The Bulletin, filmmaker Trent Herbert’s video entitled “28 Days on the Pill”, which was issued to mark the 50th anniversary of the birth control pill, is now being made available online for the first time.
The film features Dr. Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Christian author Randy Alcorn (“Heaven, Does the Birth Control Pill Cause Abortions?”) and Dr. Walt Larimore (formerly with Focus on the Family) and exposes information about the pill’s abortifacient properties that most contraceptive users are unaware of.
For instance, according to the documentary, the Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS), the Canadian Pharmacists Association’s drug information resource, and the Physicians Desk Reference, the American Standard, all mention the abortifacient qualities of the pill. But the majority of information given to oral contraceptive users fails to disclose it.
Dr. Mohler says that while he “cannot imagine any development in human history, after the Fall, that has had a greater impact on human beings than the pill,” doctors shy away from telling their patients about the abortifacient aspects of the pill because “it could lead to awkward questions and lifestyle changes, and it could also put persons in the position of very deep moral reconsideration of what they’ve taken for granted since the early 1960s.”
“For many evangelical Christians, birth control has been an issue of concern only for Catholics … that is all changing,” Dr. Mohler observes.
Whether Christian or not, women across the board do not have a real understanding of how the pill actually works, a problem this documentary aims to correct.
“No matter what one’s conclusions are, we believe everyone has a right to full information and informed consent. Whether on the left or the right, we should all agree, informed consent in the medical community is paramount.”
It’s availability online will make it much easier to use to evangelize friends and family.
To view the video, visit “28 Days on the Pill”
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