Should "Morning After" pregnancy preventative be available without prescription?

Maggie,


Now you've deleted my refutation of your bald assertion about the beginning of pregnancy? I guess you only object to "agendas" that differ from yours.

I wonder how long it will take you to censor this post . . .

from Maggie: I am not going to "censor" this, BUT, there will be no derails, THIS IS NOT AN ABORTION DEBATE, end of story. Go to the dreaded abortion thread, if you want that. I thought, however, this site was too narrow minded for you, Huck. Jeez. you know I am fair, but I will NOT allow intentional derails, this is a WARNING. Keeping a thread on topic is not "censoring." (Odd choice of words from someone who wants to censor a womyn's right to her own body.)

 

Hey Huck

If you're so certain that life begins at the moment of conception, can you answer me the age old question, "What came first the chicken or the egg?"

That one's been stumping man since the beginning of time

 

Now that's a deliberate derail.

I'm not taking the bait, but do a web search on "early pregnancy factor."

 

The sound of the world's smalled violin playing a sad sad song...just for you, Huck.

 

Um, you brought up abortion by declaring that "plan B" was not an abortifacient. I simply challenged that dubious assertion.

You're a doctor, right? You can't seriously believe that the unborn child is merely an appendage of the mother. (Don't cry "derail," here. Again, you opened the door!)

 

I haven't read all of the responses, so I'm sure that I will sound repetitive. But, yes, I totally think that it should be available without a prescription. Think of how many abortions will be prevented. What would the reasons be for keeping it behind the counter-so to speak?


A little nausea or a headache is a small price to pay, IMHO, compared to carrying or aborting an unwanted pregnancy.

 

Right, sugmag. And, totally applicable, as it applies to the effect this drug may have on society. Thank you.



As for the other attempts at derailings. I will not allow this thread to be derailed into an abortion debate. LAST WARNING, HUCK. I really thought, by now, you understood this.

I ask the rest of the posters to likewise not reply to the attempted derail. Thank you.

 

I went back and read a little farther...so, some of you fear that young girls will abuse using plan b. Will keeping it a prescription keep them from having sex? Or will it make it harder for that 14 year old girl to PREVENT her pregnancy because she is too embarassed to talk to her mother about why she needs to go to the doctor immediately?



The girls who have trouble talking to their parents about sex and its consequences are the ones who need it the most, imo. I am (as much as I can right now with a 7 and 3 yo) very open with my daughters about sex and reproduction and stds and plan on being even more so as they approach those delicate years. But, not every girl has the luxury of being able to ask mom about birth control. And those girls are more likely to have sex, get pregnant and hide it until humanly possible. Sure, these girls definitely shouldn't be having sex-but they are. And they are also the girls that won't make their "boyfriends" wear condoms because "he might not like me". Is this girl prepared to have an abortion or god forbid a child? Let's look at the big picture.

OT-also a great reason why more comprehensive sex ed classes should be mandatory is school. We are in an epidemic here. My friend is a nurse in delivery and the nursery. She saw a 14 year old give birth. What kind of life is that for the mom and the baby? Should she have had access to plan b? Could she have had a chance to grow up?

 

This is one of the MOST important things about Morning After Pills, "parental consent" ect. The kids who CANNOT go to thier parents are those who need these things the most. I had friends in High School who were BEATEN when their parents found out they might be having sex. Is THIS the parent you can get consent from? Psht. I think not.

 

I agree with that. I don't think people who are constantly worrying about whether the parents will find out are factoring in that there are some kids whose parents really shouldn't know, for the sake of the kids.