Culture Of Life 101 . . . “Abortifacient Brief: Implants”
By BRIAN CLOWES (Editor’s Note: Brian Clowes has been director of research and training at Human Life International since 1995. For an electronic copy of chapter 2 of The Facts of Life, “Abortifacients,” e-mail him at bclowes@hli.org.) + + + Birth control implants are slowly becoming more popular as a method of birth control all over the world primarily because of heavy promotion by “family planners.” Implants have several advantages from the population control viewpoint. They do not require daily attention, they have a high effectiveness rate because the cause of most contraceptive failures (user error) is eliminated, and they are effective for a long period of time, from three to seven years. There are three types of implants currently…Continue Reading