[Merika]

I copied this from an article I was reading. I don't know a lot of specefics but I thought it would be an interesting discussion. I'll include the points made in the article....I'm not at all sure I agree with all of them.

I thought some of you may have opinions on this:

There are people who think it's a wonderful idea for 16-year-old girls to be able to stroll into their local drug store and get a pill that will cause an immediate miscarriage or abortion. They think this "abortifacient" (yes, it is a derivative of the word "abortion"), should be available without a prescription and without the knowledge of the young girl's parents. Barr Pharmaceuticals, manufacturer of this "morning after pill" is appealing the sensible decision by the Food and Drug Administration to not allow this gruesome drug to be sold over the counter. They want any female over 16 to be able to buy their product without their doctor's or parent's knowledge. The greed of the owners at Barr Pharmaceuticals in trying to make this product as available as aspirin and contact lens cleaner is disgusting. This is wrong on so many levels its difficult to decide where to begin, but we'll try.

This drug should never have been developed in the first place.

Doctors should not even be able to prescribe this barbaric pill.

Sophomores in high school -- sixteen-year-old girls -- should not be allowed to make this type of decision on their own without adult guidance.

The girl's parents must be informed?

The notion of having this drug on the shelf between the breath mints and hair care products boggles the mind.

How long before a black market develops for these pills?

And we haven't even touched on how having something like this available will encourage promiscuity, raise the rates of sexually transmitted diseases, and create other health crises for our children.