Planning to Have an Emergency
By Jane Jimenez
August 29, 2005

(AgapePress) - It is called emergency contraception. By any other name, Roget's Thesaurus calls it a crisis, a highly volatile, dangerous situation requiring immediate remedial action.

We're all familiar with emergencies. The water pipe that breaks and floods the house ... the car brakes that fail, sending you sailing through the intersection right under a red light ... the flames erupting from the skillet on the stove, burning oil popping onto wood cabinets and kitchen curtains ... the Category four hurricane bearing down on your coastal home ... the tight chest pains making you collapse onto the snow bank you've been shoveling ... all of them dangerous situations requiring immediate remedial action.

It used to be called emergency contraception for a good reason. It implied that thoughtful, careful people were going about their lives, following prudent actions, taking care to avoid emergencies ... when all of a sudden, an emergency happened ... totally out of the blue ... unexpected ... unanticipated ... and outside of our control.

Emergency contraception? Where is the emergency?

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