Morning after pill is to become available over the counter

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/24/morning.after.pill.ap/index.html

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Morning-after pill to be available without prescription
Buyers must prove they're 18 or older

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Women may buy the morning-after pill without a prescription -- but only with proof they're 18 or older, federal health officials ruled Thursday, capping a contentious 3-year effort to ease access to the emergency contraceptive.

Girls 17 and younger still will need a doctor's note to buy the pills, called Plan B, the Food and Drug Administration told manufacturer Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.

The compromise decision is a partial victory for women's advocacy and medical groups that say eliminating sales restrictions could cut in half the nation's 3 million annual unplanned pregnancies.

Plan B was approved for prescription use in 1999. Since 2003, the Women's Capital Corp. and then Barr have sought to sell it over the counter.

The morning-after pill is a high dose of the most common ingredient in regular birth control pills. When taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex, the two-pill series can lower the risk of pregnancy by up to 89 percent.

Contraceptive advocates and doctors' groups say easier access to Plan B could halve the nation's 3 million annual unintended pregnancies. Opponents say wider access to the pill could promote promiscuity.

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Cool.

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R U 4 86?

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Yeah I figure it will end up over there eventually.

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R U 4 86?

No, the morning ater pill. Two completely different things.

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Gee I better comment now.. since I am banned from SC....NEVER argue with a Napolean complex

This is about time..... the government needs to stay the hell OUT of womens bodies and reproduction systems.

If you believe otherwise... great... let that control YOUR life.. and not mine.

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Yeah, I'm aware of that, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to make comment on the irony of RU486 souding like "are you for 86?"

Sorry for the hijack.

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It has been in the UK for several years now - a positive move IMHO.

Vicki

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i think this is a bad thing. Its not like it was not already easily available. Levonogestril is a prodigen, and has enoumouse effects on the womans hormones.. I think it is better being supervised by a physician/pharmacist. oh well, i guess when these women become infirtile from using it dayafter day, maybe they will change it back.

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What woman goes to her own doctor over and over again to get this prescription? And what doctor would keep track?

I had to go to Planned Parenthood, and all that was was a giant pain in the ass and $75. I guarantee no one was looking out for me or checking to see if/how many times I'd taken it before. (And not that it's any of anyone's business, but it was only one time.)

And much like abortions, I think most women (especially those over 18) would learn pretty quickly that it's not the best idea to rely on this as your primary method of birth control.

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i think this is a bad thing. Its not like it was not already easily available. Levonogestril is a prodigen, and has enoumouse effects on the womans hormones.. I think it is better being supervised by a physician/pharmacist. oh well, i guess when these women become infirtile from using it dayafter day, maybe they will change it back.

I think it's a hell of a lot better than abortions and unwanted babies.

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Maybe women that use it day after day shouldn't be procreating.

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At certain pharmacies the pharmacist is licensed to give the morning after pill for the cost of the pills. So technically you don't need a script now.

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They've got a morning-after pill for men now.

You take it the morning after, and it changes your blood type.

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They've got a morning-after pill for men now.

You take it the morning after, and it changes your blood type.

Nyuck Nyuck Nyuck, I posted that joke.

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i think this is a bad thing. Its not like it was not already easily available. Levonogestril is a prodigen, and has enoumouse effects on the womans hormones.. I think it is better being supervised by a physician/pharmacist. oh well, i guess when these women become infirtile from using it dayafter day, maybe they will change it back.

Couldn't disagree more. Adults should be able to put whatever they like in their bodies without having to ask permission from anyone.

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Fuckin-A-men to that brotherman.

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Cool.

IBMTSC.

So - you just ask a girl that is 18 and voila - you have circumvented the law - how quaint.

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Fabulous!

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