• Conception: The process of fertilization or implantation or both.
  There is usually a short span of time (minutes to a couple of days) between intercourse and fertilization. There is also some time (hours to over a week) between fertilization and implantation.

• Contraception: anything preventing conception.
  Abortifacients are NOT "contraception."

• Pregnancy: pregnancy begins when the viable (living) human offspring, with it's genetically unique DNA, implants into the lining of the mother's womb (uterus) and spans until the baby's birth 😀 or demise 😥

• Abortifacient: a substance that interrupts pregnancy after implantation; a chemical that induces abortion. RU-485, only available by prescription, is an abortifacient.
  Note:
  From what I've read, Levonorgestrel ("Plan B" & other over-the-counter emergency contraception) is NOT an abortifacient as it does not disrupt a pregnancy post-implantation. It works primarily by preventing ovulation.

• Spontaneous miscarriage (or simply "miscarriage" ): non-induced loss of the pregnancy. Occasionally caused by an accident but usually because of fetal death.

• Viable pregnancy: a "true" pregnancy in which the life is growing and would be expected to come to full term under normal circumstances.

• Extra-uterine implantation: implantation OUTSIDE of the uterus; usually in a fallopian tube. This is not a "viable pregnancy." It's fatal for the baby and potentially for the mother if structure is allowed to rupture.

• Emergency delivery: when emergency circumstances demand that the living infant be delivered or removed from the mother's body in-tact in hopes of saving the life of the mother, the child or both.

• Abortion: voluntary, elective termination of a viable pregnancy by ending the offspring's life. Can be via abortifacient or mechanical means.
  ** ETA: "abortion" in this context is referring to "elective abortion" which, according to legal documents refers to "the deliberate termination of a pregnancy FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREVENTING LIVE BIRTH."

Things that are NOT abortion:

• removal of an extra-uterine implantation.
• removal of a deceased fetus.
• Spontaneous miscarriage
• Emergency delivery

NONE of these things are done "to prevent a live birth."

Much like people are under the misguided belief that "thousands of unarmed black men are gunned down by police every year," it seems that many people are uninformed as to what the average "pro-life" or "anti-abortion" person believes.

They seem to think we want women to be forced to die of traumatic injuries of extra-uterine implantation or other emergency situations.
I don't know anyone who opposes live-saving medical intervention. No one I know wants women to rupture or die; not even for "religious reasons."

That's not us.

And while some people are opposed to contraception due to religious beliefs, I don't agree, and that has nothing to do with opposing abortion.

I personally believe that a unique, living individual is created when egg meets sperm and pregnancy begins at uterine implantation.

The brief time between fertilization and implantation can be a gray area. Some people believe that deliberately blocking implantation is the same as abortion because it means the death of the offspring. Those people shun the use of IUDs & other OTC "emergency contraception" like the Plan B pill that could possibly interfere with implantation.

I understand that quite often, fertilized eggs simply do not implant, even when we WANT them to. I guess, in my heart and mind, pregnancy and therefore "motherhood" begins at implantation.

If Plan B is truly contraception - disrupting ovulation & making the womb inhospitable for conception, as I've been told it does - I believe it would be a valuable resource for rape victims who report the attack immediately. While nothing can un-do rape, I'm sure victims would be comforted by preventing ovulation and pregnancy.