Preventing Pregnancy 'One-Step' Easier: FDA Approves Simpler Plan B

re: Preventing Pregnancy 'One-Step' Easier: FDA Approves Simpler Plan B

donrus — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:54:17 GMT

Hopefully one dose will make it easier to use. I wonder about the age limit. Are the powers that be saying that a 15 year old is too young to use the drug but having and raising a child is just fine. Is there any common sense going on?

re: Preventing Pregnancy 'One-Step' Easier: FDA Approves Simpler Plan B

hlgns763 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:21:57 GMT

donrus:

no, there is no common sense in setting an age limit. it begs the question: do they think that only 17+ year old girls are having sex? of course not.

when you are under 18, obviously, you are required to have a parent present for an appointment with a doctor. and also, obviously, a child that young is going to avoid having they're parents know about them having sex in the first place, much less telling them about a failed contraceptive or unprotected sex. granted it is ultimately a choice of responsability on behalf of the teenager, but still.

regardless, if the effectiveness of plan B decreases by the hour, it would be hard to get an appointment, get a child out of school, pick up the prescription ect before its too late.... assuming the child is upfront and honest about the situation in the first place.

its an advancement, but the age needs to be 13+. i know i lost my virginity (regret now that it was unprotected, but of course at the time it was the greatest discovery to me since the internet) at 14, and i still know of kids having sex frequently at those ages. i was stupid, and so are kids that age, as it has ALWAYS been.. its like the IQ instantly drops when they become 13. that said, kids arent about to start becoming responsible little people, much less being able to rear and raise a child while they are still childeren themselves.

re: Preventing Pregnancy 'One-Step' Easier: FDA Approves Simpler Plan B

misty baby — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:28:55 GMT

yes i feel plan b is a grat idea but yes this gives the woman control of yes or no to concieving so it dosent give the man control i believe there should be a plan b for both parties involled the decision should be between the couple if thier ready to start that family together or not the price should be low so its intiesieve to buy and also should be inlocation of pharmacys were no has to ask anyone anything this is a privite mater not public matter misty

re: Preventing Pregnancy 'One-Step' Easier: FDA Approves Simpler Plan B

belladonna203 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:24:45 GMT

I, as a teenage girl myself, am very happy to see that the contraceptive is now being offered to 17+ women nowadays. I seriously do hope that this does mean that more women (specifically teenage girls who are no where near ready to have a baby or worse- start a family) will be using this, because misty baby is right, women deserve the right to decide whether or not to conceive a child. I personally think that regularly taken birth control is the better, more responsible option when it comes to sexually active teenage girls (for instance who is to say that even if a 17 year old girl who ironically ran out of her Plan B pills has unprotected sex and then may result in an unwanted pregnancy) but I definatly am glad that this is now available without a prescription. I just can't wait for the day that sex finally becomes a more open topic and that just because some people don't have sex before marriage- and especially teens- does not mean that there is a problem or that they are a bad or irresponsible person. It is actually a shame to see the rising number of unwanted pregnancies in my generation all because of accidents or because the little protection they used was not enough. But in my personal opinion, 17+ is not a low enough age. Your current average teen girl has lost her virginity by 8th or 9th grade, and is technically "sexually active" by her sophomore year of high school, no doubt. Sure, that may not be every girl, but technically BEING a teenage girl, I think I am qualified to say one sure-fire thing, that absolutely no one (except suburban parents in denial) can disagree with: 17+ is not good enough.

re: Preventing Pregnancy 'One-Step' Easier: FDA Approves Simpler Plan B

greymatter — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:16:33 GMT

women already have the right to decide whether to conceive a child, pill or no pill, protected or unprotected. don't have sex. it is a want, not a need. then killing your offspring is yet another 'choice' (either with a doctor or not by just one pill) that sadly our society has embraced as a 'reasonable' or even 'correct' alternative to initial responsibility to just say no, you can't take an aspirin at school without a nurses approval or see a doctor without a parent, but still you can take a over the counter pill, kill a human being? twisted!