You're quite right in the sense that it's generally impossible to detect, so it's pointless to categorize meds in this manner. It's also completely irrelevant. If something prevents you from successfully carrying a baby, it prevents you from carrying a baby. Some things are preg category X because they will prevent implantation, like misoprostol. Misoprostol is actually an analogue of a chemical with many functions in the body (prostaglandin E1), one of which is repairing the lining of the stomach. So you gave misoprostol with anti-inflammatories that damage the stomach lining to counteract the damage. But misoprostol basically isn't used anymore because it also causes uterine contractions, preventing implantation or expelling an existing fetus.
But yeah. The pill should prevent ovulation basically all the time, with the very, very slim chance that even if you do ovulate other factors (like increased cervical mucous thickness) will still prevent fertilization (or implantation). But given the way the pill is intended to regulate hormones, it shouldn't really even be a talking point.
Also, from the perspective of a pharmacist-in-training, I always just kind of assume that if you're on the pill it's because you want to prevent yourself from having babies unless you tell me otherwise. Since I don't care about people doing that one way or the other, it's not a problem. I wonder if that creates an interesting cognitive dissonance scenario for some pharmacists--they start assuming every pill script is for "period control" (lulz) so that they don't have to think about providing sluts with contraceptives.
I actually used to work with a very staunchly Catholic pharmacist. Granted, he worked the night shift, which meant that the most I was ever exposed to his company was about two hours. But he'd received complaints--and one of my coworkers corroborated the stories--that he had been asking women at the check-out who were picking up birth control pills whether or not they were married. I don't think he ever actually refused to dispense the drug; I do think he gave them a lot of disapproving looks, for what that's worth. He also reportedly had a tendency to throw away the Plan B. Just pitch it in the trash.
Given my background, it should be clear why I'm of the opinion that pharmacists shouldn't be able to opt out of fills for conscience reasons--I've known some of them that would. So whenever people tell me "nobody would ever do that," I know better.
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But yeah. The pill should prevent ovulation basically all the time, with the very, very slim chance that even if you do ovulate other factors (like increased cervical mucous thickness) will still prevent fertilization (or implantation). But given the way the pill is intended to regulate hormones, it shouldn't really even be a talking point.
Also, from the perspective of a pharmacist-in-training, I always just kind of assume that if you're on the pill it's because you want to prevent yourself from having babies unless you tell me otherwise. Since I don't care about people doing that one way or the other, it's not a problem. I wonder if that creates an interesting cognitive dissonance scenario for some pharmacists--they start assuming every pill script is for "period control" (lulz) so that they don't have to think about providing sluts with contraceptives.
I actually used to work with a very staunchly Catholic pharmacist. Granted, he worked the night shift, which meant that the most I was ever exposed to his company was about two hours. But he'd received complaints--and one of my coworkers corroborated the stories--that he had been asking women at the check-out who were picking up birth control pills whether or not they were married. I don't think he ever actually refused to dispense the drug; I do think he gave them a lot of disapproving looks, for what that's worth. He also reportedly had a tendency to throw away the Plan B. Just pitch it in the trash.
Given my background, it should be clear why I'm of the opinion that pharmacists shouldn't be able to opt out of fills for conscience reasons--I've known some of them that would. So whenever people tell me "nobody would ever do that," I know better.