With the help of chemicals, the egg started to divide just like a normal fertilized egg would.
If there has been fertilization, Plan B may prevent a fertilized egg from embedding in the uterus.
Radiation damages DNA, so why would you want to expose a fertilized egg to a high radiation environment?
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According to the medical definition, pregnancy doesn't begin until a fertilized egg implants itself into the wall of the uterus.
Identical twins result when a fertilized egg splits into two embryos.
The cell is then given a jolt of electricity to activate cell division, basically tricking the cell into doing what a fertilized egg would normally do.
The Plan B emergency contraceptive pill works by preventing ovulation or by blocking a potentially fertilized egg from becoming implanted in a woman's uterus, according to the drug's label.
If a fertilized egg is created for the sole purpose of research and not to possibly develop into a life, opponents may refer to it as an unnecessary taking of human life.
The drug works by using high doses of the female hormone progestin, which also is contained in birth-control pills, to block a potentially fertilized egg from becoming implanted in a woman's uterus.
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But let some pro-life employers say they oppose having to provide contraceptive coverage including the morning-after pill, which aborts a fertilized egg to their employees and the left throws the First Amendment out the window.
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The drug works by using high doses of the female hormone progestin, which also is contained in birth-control pills, to prevent ovulation or block a potentially fertilized egg from becoming implanted in a woman's uterus, according to the drug's label.
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Still, some critics say Plan B is the equivalent of an abortion pill because it may also be able to prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterus, a contention that scientists and Korman, in his ruling said has been discredited.
Still, some critics say Plan B is the equivalent of an abortion pill because it may also be able to prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterus, a contention that many scientists and Korman, in his ruling said has been discredited.
For writer Laura Leu, the low point was balut, a Filipino dish that consists of a fertilized duck egg.
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