Women urged to ask for morning-after pills

[Luba]

from MSNBC:

WASHINGTON: Women of reproductive age should get an advance prescription for emergency contraception to keep in case they ever need it according to the nation's largest gynecologist group.

"Accidents happen," say new waiting-room posters headed for the 49,000 members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The posters are part of a campaign urging doctors to explain the morning-after pill to every woman of reproductive age they examine, and offer a prescription to those eligible.

The campaign aims to increase access to emergency birth control following the Bush administrations's refusal to allow it to be sold with a prescription nationwide.

The morning-after pill is "safe, effective and should be available over the counter," said Dr. Vivian Dicerson, ACOG's past president. Pending that, an advance prescription gives women "more access when they need it."

Early dose is key; the morning-after pill is a high dose of regular birth control pills. It cuts the chances of pregnancy up to 89% if used within 72 hours of rape, condom failure or just forgetting routine contraception. The earlier taken, the more effective it is.

Conservatives consider the pill tantamount to abortion have intensely lobbied the White House to reject nonprescription sales, saying they could increase teen sex.

The drug has no effect if a woman is already pregnant.

[Vautrin]

Originally Posted by Luba

Conservatives consider the pill tantamount to abortion have intensely lobbied the White House to reject nonprescription sales, saying they could increase teen sex.

If that is a good reason:
1) ban school buses
2) close schools
3) declare every gathering of young kids of reproductive age, to be illegal
4) declare heterosexual relationships to be illegal, preferably punishably by death.
5) forced sterilization of one sex (women?)

Problem solved. If the US is going to legislate for every could, even moreso when the could is not even proven, the whole ideology of cutting down on government is a big twisted and sick joke.

[Duke]

I just worry that this pill is yet just another source of "unnatural" body manipulation and worry about the long term affects. You know some women are going to use these pills like vitamins so is sterility a possible long term side-effect?

Originally Posted by Duke

I think mankind is on a very dangerous path toward our own mortality. It seems to me that we're evolving very quickly and unnaturaly and I have to admit, I worry for the future of our children and our childrens, children.

The topic has now been split. Please continue the human race discussion here, titled "Genetically engineering our own mortality."