USA members, is Plan B on the shelves at your drugstore

Last time I checked, it was behind the counter. I have yet to see it on the shelf, but will check on that next time I'm in a drug store!

 

Probably very little

 

I could see asking for plan b as potentially uncomfortable, but I don't see any reason why an adult should feel any bit bothered by asking a store teller for condoms. They're behind the counter in most convenience stores.

As for the topic of the thread, I believe in my area plan b is kept behind the counter as well.

 

Ive seen it on the shelf. Ive known chicks to buy it.

 

I remember I bought it at a pharmacy a few years ago and I wasn't outraged that it was behind the counter as much as I was outraged about the price. It was $100 here.

Best bet is to get it at planned parent hood, based on your income, they may offer it for free.

 

I'm not sure that a pharmacist seeing your birth control would be more intimidating than a check out clerk.

Behind the counter - talk to the pharmacist/clerk, pay, leave - one store employee knows.
On the shelf - take product to front counter, stand in line, pay, leave - one store employee knows.

 

I just don't see it as much of a hoop, or really something that should need to be regulated. I think the store should have the choice of how to best arrange their products. If a young person feels that they're mature enough to have sex then they should surely be mature enough to ask for whatever product they need to buy in a store. I don't discount the fact that some younger people could be nervous about buying condoms, but I don't see that as a reason why the stores shouldn't be allowed to keep them behind a counter. I seriously doubt that any store really takes the feelings of teenagers into account when arranging their products.

I don't mean any offense to anyone when I say this, but I just feel that this is really a non issue. Plan b may well be more of an issue, as it is a very touchy subject for a lot of people.

 

I haven't noticed it on the shelves so I'm assuming its behind the counter. I would feel equally as awkward requesting it from a pharmacist as I would paying a 16 year old clerk for it, to be honest.