Following a judicial protest by the Women's Rights Foundation against the State demanding the licensing, importation and distribution of emergency contraception, members Lara Dimitrijevic and Andreana Dibben tell Claire Caruana why legalising the 'morning-after' pill is crucial to protecting women's fundamental rights and how far they are willing to go to make this happen. There are claims that the morning-after pill is abortive. What's your reaction? Lara Dimitrijevic: It is not abortive and I call on whoever is saying so to back this up with scientific evidence. The morning-after pill is a hormonal contraceptive. At the end of the day it all boils down to what is a pregnancy. In order to have a pregnancy you have to have the blastocyst which attaches itself to the lining of the uterus. Andreana Dibben: To be an abortifacient, there has to be a pregnancy. Now, if there is a pregnancy – and all international scientific communities define pregnancy as there having been an implantation – the emergency contraceptive won't work. So if there is an established pregnancy, if there is implantation, emergency contraception will not have any effect. All hormonal contraception, the oral...
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