Plan B thoughts?

Mrs.Rad888

Sometimes stores lock stuff up, not to keep minors from accessing it, but because these things are high-theft items. I saw a news story a while back talking about how razors and replacement cartridges for the razors are high-theft items. Sure enough, my local Target has them locked up.

snp605

GeraldoRivera said:

MommyLiberty5013:

Just because a female is biologically considered a woman (has begun menstruating) doesn't mean she is one yet and is capable of making life altering decisions.

You mean like having sex? Getting pregnant? Deciding to keep a baby and raise it herself?

 Do you think parents should be able to force their pregnant 15 year old daughters to have abortions because they're "not capable of making life altering decisions"?

Actually, yes. As much as I might not like it we let parents do this all of the time. Do we want kids saying no to appendectomies or tubes in their ears? We either let people parent their underage kids or we don't however much we might disagree with their decisions. I find it just as distasteful for people to buy their 15 year olds breast implants, etc. but they have a right to do it. I'm pretty sure that's effing some girls up before they even have a chance to understand their own womanhood

I'm not sure what you are basing your statement of Plan B being safer than something like Tylenol or Motrin. The side effects of plan B can be very similar to an ectopic pregnancy and can mask this dangerous condition. If you are too afraid of your parents to ask for Plan B or to seek out some sort of medical practictioner this is a very real danger. Also to be effective the pills must be taken in a specific time frame. There is the potential for drug interaction with diabetes and anti-seizure medications and people with certain liver conditions. So we think kids are too irresponsible to wear a condom but all of a sudden are super vigilant enough to be sure to follow these directions to the letter? At least with the intervention of a medical practitioner you have the chance to stress the importance of the timing and what symptoms to look out for and a chance to counsel these young women on the need to use some sort of barrier method in the future to prevent things such as herpes, gonorrhea and AIDS. It is the same medicines used in birth control pills yet we don't give those to ANYBODY without a prescription so I don't understand the idea that taking them without a prescription is ok in these instances. Just because something is deemed safe in the moment is not always a good indicator of future status. There are many things that were tested to be "safe" that were later recalled such as Norplant. There is a huge push to recall Mirena and Yaz for some pretty serious issues and let's not forget Thalidomide.

FDA approval is not what most people think it is. They do not have their own labs and processes. They simply analyze the information from the studies done by the very companies that produce the drugs or products and see if it seems legit to give it their blessing. It's sort of like the fox guarding the chicken coop..

sandsonik

Youaremylolipop said:

Sorry that I'm resurecting this thread but I have an interesting point to add to it. How is it that in high school, my friend was able to go to planned parenthood and be given a free Plan B pill, but my husband and I go to our neighborhood publix now and that condoms and pregnancy tests are locked up. As grown adults you would have to go up to the pharmacist and ask to have the door unlocked. It's sad.

That's a theft deterrent, nothing to do with who's allowed to buy them.  Lots of drugstores lock up printer cartridges or colognes, but it has nothing to do with the product's safety.