Senator Rand Paul’s office has doubled down on his suggestion that Plan B does not cause embryos to die. His top aide Doug Stafford says that pro-lifers who say otherwise are spreading “misinformation” and using “outdated science,” and the senator, “as a medical doctor,” won’t put up with it.
The press is largely and thoughtlessly on Paul’s side on this question*: See here and here, for example, to read Olivia Nuzzi of the Daily Beast attitudinize on the subject. Thinking that Plan B can cause embryos to die is, supposedly, like believing in “witchcraft” (which is an awfully bold assertion from someone who describes implantation as “plantation”).
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