Morning-after pill to be available without prescription

[BuddyLee]

Ok...as long as it doesn't happen to someone in your family I guess it won't matter to you.

Sometimes the benefits are much higher than the costs, whatever the consequences you're willing to put up with.

 

[Ponytail]

Yes, there are some well informed kids.

How many do you think there are? I think there are more girl falling for the "i'll pull out line" then there are girls that say " Hell no, you wrap it up"

Now we can add " You can take the pill" to the "i'll pull out line"

" baby you wont get pregnant, i'll pull out and you can take that pill"

You can't stop kids from having sex. It's gonna happen. It's proven daily. This pill is another option.

I think it's ridiculaous to keep posing hypotheticals. The responsibility of education still remains on teh shoulders of parents. Again, the dumb and the ignorant can't be helped. I really think this pill is good for MANY reasons, another good reason being HOPEFULLY, they'll be fewer kids born into welfare by teens on welfare, all being paid for by my tax dollars.

 

[misslady67]

Your right, BUT....Are they just going to sell this pill to women, or are 18 and 19 year old guys going to be able to buy this for their 15-17 year old girlfriends.....(lovers)

OMG you are my new best friend That is sooooo going to happen. (and the girls could be even younger than 15-17...sad but true)

 

[BuddyLee]

How many do you think there are? I think there are more girl falling for the "i'll pull out line"

Know this from experience?

 

[fttrsbeerwench]

I dont know what you all are getting bent out of shape for. What eveyone is arguing about at this point is hypothetical.

The pill is not availible to minors yet..... however "The manufacturer, lawmakers and other advocates said they will press the government to allow minors to purchase the pills over the counter." Your issues is with them

Let us not forget that Teens arent using condoms as it is now.... Thats why teen pregnancy and STD's, especially in this area are so high....

there is nothing wrong with this pill. at least there is an option. And Its not like they can by a bottle of 250 for 5 bucks like they can a bottle of vitamins.

I imagine that this will be a pricey drug, perhaps half as much as a top notch abortion?:shrug:

They'll be able to charge anything they'd like, since it's the only drug of it's kind and the demand will certainly be high.


Pros and Cons...

Sex will happen regardless.

Our best defense is a good offense.

I'd much rather have teens doing it with condoms and pills than with only one of the two.

It's better than an abortion, no matter how you look at it.

The side affects might make it's users think again before using it.

As with anything, it will be misused and exploited.

It's our nature to control and screw around with the natural order of things, This is no different than creating drugs to keep you alive longer, or stem cell research or cloning:eww: Too many people want to change and control things.

NO matter what someone does, someone somewhere is not goign to like it.

 

[Somdmommy]

You can't stop kids from having sex. It's gonna happen. It's proven daily. This pill is another option.

I think it's ridiculaous to keep posing hypotheticals. The responsibility of education still remains on teh shoulders of parents. Again, the dumb and the ignorant can't be helped. I really think this pill is good for MANY reasons, another good reason being HOPEFULLY, they'll be fewer kids born into welfare by teens on welfare, all being paid for by my tax dollars.

I said that already.

I think its a good idea. I love knowing that if a condom breaks I can go get the pill.

I like knowing that babies wont be born into familys that are worthless and will do nasty things to them.......

The only thing I dont like is knowing kids will use it and guys will use it so they dont have to wrap up.

Yeah the dumb ones cant be helped. They also deserve what they get for being so dumb. I just dont want to see the STD rate skyrocket.

 

[Somdmommy]

Know this from experience?

No, I was one of the well informed kids. I watched all my friends fall for that crap and spend weeks scared to death thinking they were pregnant.

 

[Somdmommy]

I imagine that this will be a pricey drug, perhaps half as much as a top notch abortion?:shrug:

They'll be able to charge anything they'd like, since it's the only drug of it's kind and the demand will certainly be high.


Pros and Cons...

Sex will happen regardless.

Our best defense is a good offense.

I'd much rather have teens doing it with condoms and pills than with only one of the two.

It's better than an abortion, no matter how you look at it.

The side affects might make it's users think again before using it.

As with anything, it will be misused and exploited.

It's our nature to control and screw around with the natural order of things, This is no different than creating drugs to keep you alive longer, or stem cell research or cloning:eww: Too many people want to change and control things.

NO matter what someone does, someone somewhere is not goign to like it.

Yep!!

I like it and I dont. I have posted my reasons.

You should have to be over 18 to buy it yourself, and if your not over 18 a parent should have to be there with you. Same name on ID's..........

Yes I know there will be people that get around this, but...what can you do!

 

[misslady67]

Sometimes the benefits are much higher than the costs, whatever the consequences you're willing to put up with.

Well we are have our opinions. Oh and for the record...I was not debating the MAP itself. I'm only concerned about it being available OTC.

 

[Somdmommy]

My thoughts exactly. Birth control is available OTC...they're called condoms. Use them. If you don't and get pregnant, then you need to suck it up and see a doctor and ASK for a prescription for the morning after pill. If you need it because you were raped, you need to see a doctor anyways, so you might as well get it there. As if people weren't careless enough, could you imagine the whoring around people would do if they could just erase their mistakes and pick up toilet paper all in the same trip?

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[LordStanley]

Now what scares me is when my son is old enough to have sex, the plan b will be old news and possibly availible next to the condoms and sponges.

I cant imagine what will be on the market and how the birds and bee's conversation will go.

Hell maybe they will have a cure for all STD's by then, and condoms will be something they read about in history books.

 

[Somdmommy]

Hell maybe they will have a cure for all STD's by then

We can only hope.

That or 7 of ever 10 kids between the ages or 15-21 will have some kind of STD<~~~~Lets hope not!

 

[mv_princess]

We can only hope.

That or 7 of ever 10 kids between the ages or 15-21 will have some kind of STD<~~~~Lets hope not!

I am so glad that everyone by the age of 15 will have sex..........

 

[Somdmommy]

I am so glad that everyone by the age of 15 will have sex..........

You never know.......

 

[mv_princess]

You never know.......

Man well geez I don't know where my parents messed up and gave me morals!

God forbid we teach our kids anything...........

 

[Somdmommy]

Man well geez I don't know where my parents messed up and gave me morals!

God forbid we teach our kids anything...........

LS and I were speaking of the future. ( when our kids are old enough for sex, my son is 2)

I had good parents. That doesnt mean I didnt fall in with a "bad boy" and have sex before I was ready. My husband has great parents as well, but he didnt have sex till he was 18.

You can teach your kids everything they need to know, but that doesnt mean that they will listen, or think about what you talked to them about when the time comes.

 

[mv_princess]

LS and I were speaking of the future. ( when our kids are old enough for sex, my son is 2)

I had good parents. That doesnt mean I didnt fall in with a "bad boy" and have sex before I was ready. My husband has great parents as well, but he didnt have sex till he was 18.

You can teach your kids everything they need to know, but that doesnt mean that they will listen, or think about what you talked to them about when the time comes.

Very true......but you guys are also making it sound like every child in America is going to run out and use this just because it's there.

There will always be those kids that will have babies at 14. And those people that will live off OUR tax dollars. It happens.

But don't make it sound like this drug is going to change much, And like you said earlier about the STD commericals, you see condom commericals just as much. But parents don't want their kids to see that, why because they might learn something. Instead hide them in a closet, until something bad happens then blame everything and everyone else.

 

[Somdmommy]

Very true......but you guys are also making it sound like every child in America is going to run out and use this just because it's there.

There will always be those kids that will have babies at 14. And those people that will live off OUR tax dollars. It happens.

But don't make it sound like this drug is going to change much, And like you said earlier about the STD commericals, you see condom commericals just as much. But parents don't want their kids to see that, why because they might learn something. Instead hide them in a closet, until something bad happens then blame everything and everyone else.

I know that some parents do good by their kids. I also know that there are ALOT of careless parents and kids around today ( more tomorrow I'm sure)

Its all opinion, and my opinion is that there is a chance that this could turn into a big issue if its not sold in the right way.


I dont see condom ads untill really late at night!!

 

[LordStanley]

Man well geez I don't know where my parents messed up and gave me morals!

God forbid we teach our kids anything...........

Well I guess if everyone had parents like yours, grew up like you, and waited to have sex until marriage (after age 25) then this would be a perfect world.

But its not..... So get down off your soap box and stop acting like your better than everyone else.

this thread is going way off topic.... You can teach your kids all the morals you want. Doesnt mean they will abide by them....

 

[BuddyLee]

Well I guess if everyone had parents like yours, grew up like you, and waited to have sex until marriage (after age 25) then this would be a perfect world.

But its not..... So get down off your soap box and stop acting like your better than everyone else.

this thread is going way off topic.... You can teach your kids all the morals you want. Doesnt mean they will abide by them....

So all the chitlin's will be pregnant by 15 then?