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" Imagine a world where, rather than trying to remember to take your pill at the same time every day, you just took one pill, once a month. It sounds like the stuff of dreams, like touching Ryan Gosling&amp;#039;s chest or never having to wait in line at Whole Foods again. But it could become a reality. Specialists in reproductive health, public health, and economics from the United States and Sweden recently published a paper explaining that the scientific groundwork for a once-a-month birth control pill exists. One major thing stands in the way of the once-a-month pill, though, and it&amp;#039;s the same thing standing between many women and their birth control: conservative politicians. Researchers claim that the biggest hurdle to getting this miracle pill in our hot, forgetful hands is political opposition from those equating it with abortion. Because what makes this pill seem more controversial than existing birth control methods, even the morning after pill, is that it&amp;#039;s supposed to be taken after sex \u2014 and potential fertilization, for that matter.  &amp;quot;To call a drug a contraceptive when it is designed and intended to be used after intercourse and potentially after fertilization is a complete misnomer,&amp;quot; said Norman Wells of the Family Education Trust, a UK-based conservative group, in response to the paper, CharismaNews.com reports. &amp;quot;There is no such thing as an &amp;#039;after-sex contraceptive pill.&amp;#039; It is a contradiction in terms\u2026 In their zeal to increase choices for women, the researchers have lost sight of the other person&amp;quot; \u2014 meaning, the fetus \u2014 &amp;quot;who is involved in every abortion no matter how early a pregnancy is ended.&amp;quot; Yet some modern birth control methods, like some IUDs, the paper says, can prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterine wall, in effect &amp;quot;terminating&amp;quot; a pregnancy, much like the biological technology that could be used in this new pill.  &amp;quot;We need to stop extolling pre-fertilization contraception as a good thing, because it implies that something that works after fertilization is bad. We have to stop doing that,&amp;quot; the paper&amp;#039;s lead author Elizabeth Raymond, a senior medical associate at Gynuity Health Projects in New York, said in a podcast accompanying the research. &amp;quot;[Post-fertilization] contraception doesn&amp;#039;t have to be acceptable to every woman,&amp;quot; she adds. &amp;quot;No method is acceptable to every woman now.&amp;quot; Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter or find her on Facebook. Photo: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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