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Condoms v. Plan B? So the comparison is a latex barrier that goes over a dick to a pill that can have serious side effects? Seriously? :lamo
Should minors be able to purchase Plan B?
A condom is not a synthetic hormone based drug that interacts with the body. There is a major difference between something that physically prevents semen from being introduced and something that physiologically prevents ovulation. Regardless of if it should be OTC or not, condoms and Plan B cannot be rationally equated.
I get what your saying, but I don't think it's any more severe then the drugs you already find in drug stores.
I get what your saying, but I don't think it's any more severe then the drugs you already find in drug stores. Additionally, if you look at the risk of side effects for plan b, you'll see almost the exact same list for a latex allergy. One does not seem more or less dangerous then the other. Also, not all morning after pills affect ovulation. Some just prevent fertilization.
To me, if one is available without restriction, the other should be too. But that's just my personal opinion.
Should minors be able to purchase Plan B?
Moderator's Warning: My bad for making a duplicate thread, threads merged.
The parents should be responsible for their childrens' upbringing, not the government. Bad decision by the court.
The minors thing was a figleaf for restricting access to women of all ages. Now that the drugs are available OTC where are the clamoring hordes of pregnant 11 year-olds going to get the 50 bucks to buy the pill?
I don't know what's right or wrong with this issue, but it sure makes a person feel sad about the depths to which our society has sunk when people are going to court so young teens can get abortion pills.
The minors thing was a figleaf for restricting access to women of all ages. Now that the drugs are available OTC where are the clamoring hordes of pregnant 11 year-olds going to get the 50 bucks to buy the pill?
Yeah, it's almost as if we should educate young people about sexuality and its consquences. Wait, conservatives are against that.
Maybe it's better to just wish real hard that modern life will go away -- that's the tea party technique.
Yeah, it's almost as if we should educate young people about sexuality and its consquences. Wait, conservatives are against that.
Great....what about booze and tobacco?
I have to agree with this.
Conservatives and anti-abortion activists poisoned the well (as usual) by their dishonesty. There's a genuine issue about making any type of drug available to minors, but the GOP and its hacks politicized this medical decision. As usual.
I don't know what's right or wrong with this issue, but it sure makes a person feel sad about the depths to which our society has sunk when people are going to court so young teens can get abortion pills.
I don't know what's right or wrong with this issue, but it sure makes a person feel sad about the depths to which our society has sunk when people are going to court so young teens can get abortion pills.
The minors thing was a figleaf for restricting access to women of all ages. Now that the drugs are available OTC where are the clamoring hordes of pregnant 11 year-olds going to get the 50 bucks to buy the pill?
As I used to argue with Shal--------Abortion pill or your daughter bearing the offspring of some dawg she let mount her in a teenaged drunken stupor........................
I have a bad feeling about this one.
My concern is someone else putting it in a woman's food to cause losing a ZEF she wants or to prevent pregnancy to begin with - her not even knowing. People not only can go crazy to try to prevent an abortion, other people also can go crazy trying to terminate someone else's pregnancy.
I'd prefer it be 1.) be behind the counter and 2.) limited to sales to females and 3.) a record kept of anyone who buys it.
There also needs to be INTENSELY harsh laws passed about giving this to someone without the person's knowledge. Some men and some parents totally freak out learning their girlfriend, mistress or daughter is pregnant. I see potential problems. A women likely wouldn't even known why she lost the ZEF thinking it just a miscarriage. In regards to ZEFs, its like selling cyanide pills OTC. Just slip one to any woman and end a pregnancy she wants, but you don't, in the learn stage. Or even routinely without her knowledge to avoid it happening in the first place. There also is the question of what happens if someone takes a lot of them or slips someone a lot of them at the same time.
For those reasons I'm not fond of that ruling. Those all are not only very legitimate health concerns, but also assault concerns.