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- kobescoresagain, on 04/23/2009, -5/+82About time science and not politics are making decisions about the health of young women of this nation.
- trucanadian, on 04/23/2009, -2/+62It's good to see that pregnancy rates of 17 year olds will go down but isn't it even more important for the pregnancy rates of girls 14-16 to go down?
- unknownpoltroon, on 04/23/2009, -2/+50How bout you ok it to anyone whos hit puberty?
- Linguo, on 04/22/2009, -15/+50Awesome. Now I can start banging 17 year olds without any guilty conscience.
- sodade, on 04/23/2009, -1/+32You've never been to a trailer park have you?
- Jeepy, on 04/23/2009, -1/+31How is using contraception bad just because you happen to be 17? Are we now arguing 17 year old shouldn't have sex because that's the lame old abstinence argument that's pretty much bunk. By the way this is contraception despite what the lifer flame baiters in here are trying to say. I think people should use preemptive contraception every time they have sex (see: condoms) but I'm perfectly happy knowing that a 17 year old now has the option to be responsible after the fact.
As far as the VD and STD argument it's a completely separate issue. I think until someone's been in a relationship for a couple months and both partners are mature enough to get tested then you pretty much just assume you need to wear a rubber every time. For the record I don't think most teenagers are responsible enough to know if their partner has been tested as sadly they never ask. - bsmang, on 04/23/2009, -0/+27Sweet! That means fewer lives needlessly ruined and fewer unwanted/unprepared-for children in the system. Of course it should go further and be available to anyone past puberty, but this is a positive step.
- unknownpoltroon, on 04/23/2009, -1/+26Dirt simple. They walk up to the counter and say : "I had sex last night and I'm afraid I'll get pregnant."
What more verification do you need that they should get the pill? - powatom, on 04/23/2009, -0/+25I have no idea what you just said.
- Chakat, on 04/23/2009, -1/+22The age of consent in most places is such that 17 year olds can have sex legally. Not to mention that kids will have sex regardless, so it's in everyone's best interest to make sure that when they do ***** they don't ***** up the rest of their lives.
- seanstuart, on 04/23/2009, -6/+27Are you saying they are doing what they think is right regardless of possible political consequences? What a compliment!
- PrismoFillusion, on 04/23/2009, -8/+29Maybe they could try making their boyfriends wear condoms.
- notoriousbob, on 04/23/2009, -0/+19The empirical evidence suggest the opposite is true. It suggests that the more people are educated, the less problems they have.
- ssquared22, on 04/23/2009, -5/+22Wait, you aren't already? What's the hold up?
- SpoonMSU, on 04/23/2009, -0/+16Please educate yourself on how Plan B works before posting such an asinine comment. I'd let you do that yourself but I'm sure you'd let your black-and-white views on life get in the way, so let me spell it out for you:
PLAN B DOES NOT KILL ANYTHING. It is a contraceptive, like a condom. If a woman is pregnant and takes the pill, it has no effect on the fetus.
http://www.go2planb.com/plan-b-faq.aspx#2 - shaka776, on 04/23/2009, -2/+18Ideology aside, I just think its odd that you can get a "morning after" pill over the counter, but you still need an RX for birth control pills. Probably something to do with the side effects, but I don't care enough to Google it.
- Chakat, on 04/23/2009, -0/+16@rrife
Condoms break, monogamous partners may not want kids, etc. One can have sex and not be a slut, you know. - betacmag4u, on 04/23/2009, -1/+17Can a guy buy these and keep them on hand like a fire extinguisher?
- Batfishy, on 04/23/2009, -0/+15abw - "but the more sex is normalized, the more problems people are going to have"
Sex IS normal, and natural. - Suricou, on 04/23/2009, -0/+14The morning after pill is very time sensetive. That's why it's the morning after pill. It isn't much good if you need to make an appointment with a doctor, wait, visit the doctor, explain, get the perscription written, then go to the pharmacist and get the pills. By the time all that's been done, it could be too late - espicially in isolated small towns where there is only one doctor and he is very busy.
The birth control pill doesn't need to be rushed though, so there is plenty of time to get the woman properly evaluated - check for medical conditions the pill could worsen, suggest alternative options, and make sure she knows exactly how to use it. - Scanner, on 04/23/2009, -3/+17I am a man so my comments should be ignored but I'd like to tell my now wife and my expierence with this "contraceptive".
Before she was on the pill we had a condom break without knowing. Freaking out we decided to get this, she was 18 at the time and everything was cool. Got the pills and went home. You take them a few hours apart. The first one didn't seem do much. After taking the second one things got BAD fast.
Intense cramping that she now likens to child birth, nausea, sweats, vommiting (lots), diahrea and finally "period". She basically laid in bed for the next 12 hours praying for death. It was two days before she felt "normal" again.
Later that week she started on normal birth control and to this day lists it as one of the worst days of her life.
This is NOT a valid form of regular contraceptive and whether or not the FDA calls it safe doesn't mean it isn't ***** terrible. I'm not saying it shouldn't be out there, hell it helped us but any 17 year old girls out there thinking "yea I'll just take these and not have to worry about babies" is in for a big shock. - f4nt0m4s, on 04/23/2009, -2/+16FOX News Chicago had a poll the other night about this, and apparently 52% of people think this is a BAD idea and 48% of people think this is a good idea. Obviously there is a FAUX News poll bias going on here, but WTF! Wake up people! Kids are screwing around having sex, do we really need more unwanted babies because we have some moral hang ups?
Basically, my take on the issue is if you are religious shut the ***** up and don't take the morning after pill. For everyone else, this is a great first step. Part 2 is making this thing available for girls in the 13+ age bracket. I used to have faith in a 13-year old girl's parent going with them to get the morning after pill, but not after seeing that poll on Fox news... - dazparkour, on 04/23/2009, -1/+14How about you invent and test drugs before you propose giving it to children.
- Rubis1, on 04/23/2009, -0/+12Because this isn't an abortion pill. It does not terminate a pregnancy. It stops the girl from ovulating and prevents fertilization.
Also, that "***** terrorist" never had a trial, and there is a good chance, never had anything to do with any terrorist activities. Torture undermines the rule of law and provides false information. Why do so many people condone half drowning innocent people? - Gguillorn, on 04/23/2009, -1/+13The morning after pill sucks from what I've heard. The girl can sometimes vomit and feel really sick for the day, it's not exactly candy.
- hawkspur, on 04/23/2009, -3/+15Insert illogical pro-life comment here.
- Exhibitionist, on 04/23/2009, -3/+15I'm totally cool with that idea if it's safe, but it may be that the FDA restricted access to 17+ girls because the drug might cause more complications for pubescent girls than for post-pubescent girls. Nothing to back that up with but I'm just throwing it out there.
- Chooxo, on 04/23/2009, -0/+12How about just approving it for whatever age range the drug is deemed safe for.
It seems unnecessary (and difficult) to choose puberty as the cutoff, when the more obvious deciding factor of whether the girl may be pregnant is the fact that the girl, as unknownpoltroon said, is coming up to the counter. - AngelaQ, on 04/23/2009, -1/+11The reason why the report originally recommended there be no age requirement is because the drug IS safe. What you are doing is rewriting science in the same way that the Bush administration did.
- notoriousbob, on 04/23/2009, -1/+11they arent particularly cheap
- aptanalogy, on 04/23/2009, -1/+11Thanks, Dad.
- SpoonMSU, on 04/23/2009, -0/+9Plan B *is* birth control. It prevents pregnancies, but has no effect on already-conceived fetuses, hence why women have a limited window to obtain and take the pill.
Since people like pinchduck aren't as educated as they should be, they view this as an abortion pill, which it certainly isn't, and is probably why it is as controversial as it is. - kiiwii, on 04/23/2009, -1/+10I'd say that having a baby would probably cause "more complications" for 16 and under girls than taking the drug would.
- Rain12913, on 04/23/2009, -0/+9The age of consent in 30+ states is 16, so it blows my mind how the government is still effectively saying that a 16 year old is mature enough to have sex with whomever she likes but isn't mature enough to have access to all of the tools that will ensure that she does so safely. Of all those who are legally able to have sex, I would imagine that the 16 year old group would be the most likely to make mistakes that would result in the need for Plan B, and yet a bunch of religious people are putting their noses where they don't belong and screwing it up.
- u8myfoood, on 04/23/2009, -0/+8Yea, guys can buy them, I have quite a few friends who are pharmacy technicians. They told me that the day after Valentine's Day, quite a few men and women show up to buy morning after pills.
Warning, they are not that cheap.
And why would anyone on digg need these, sex[/IVF] is involved in pregnancy and no one here is getting laid! /jk - dazparkour, on 04/23/2009, -1/+9No, that's what HE said.
- bsmang, on 04/23/2009, -0/+8I can see where you're coming from, but I think they already gave 18+ a few years to see how it works. There is a magical line there as far as the law is concerned, but not so much biologically. I just think that anyone who needs it should be able to have it.
- boydrew, on 04/23/2009, -4/+12just cause you have sex doesn't make you a slut. overattached to your boyfriend because you believe in "true love"? maybe.
- Kazakaz, on 04/23/2009, -4/+12Or maybe just swallow!
- Rain12913, on 04/23/2009, -1/+9Studies have indicated that there has been virtually no increase in the rate of premarital sex in amongst Americans in the past 80 years despite all of these radical sex developments that you're talking about (the right to abortion, the liberalization of society, more common birth control).
Just what kinds of problems are you referring to? Unplanned pregnancies? Nope, that's what Plan B and birth control is fighting against. Spread of STD's? Again, condom awareness is one of the things you people seem to hate with a passion. What is it than? It seems like those who would prohibit these measures by taking the more socially conservative stance are the ones who are devaluing sex and its consequences. - MacEnvy, on 04/23/2009, -0/+8Wait, so you think that someone can't get pregnant just because they're a minor? I'd like to know how science works in your world ...
- notoriousbob, on 04/23/2009, -2/+10do you have a 7 year old?
- osteor10, on 04/23/2009, -0/+8yes, I seriously expect.my girlfriend took it for 2 years at the age of 18 and never missed.
- EvilFerret, on 04/23/2009, -0/+7Plan B is around $50 per package (2 pills for the "treatment"). It tends to her fairly sick most of the day and can screw with her menstrual timing. Overall definitely not a good time. Years ago when my wife and I first got together we bought it once, she said she would never take it again and got on birth control afterwards.
- MarlinFF, on 04/23/2009, -0/+7This should have been the case from the start. I work in a hospital and I've always looked at the warning on the Plan-B wondering why they were prohibiting those younger than 18 from using it because I thought pregnancy was an issue for all ages.
About those who commented on the side effects, Yes, there is some side effects that are possible (And they are listed on the information printed on the package), but those side effects are minimal compared to the birth of a child. - Suricou, on 04/23/2009, -1/+8I see no problem with devaluing sex. I think it's been vastly overvalued - a very good idea in a society without contraception, but no longer needed.
Sorry to disapoint all the romantics, but it's just mating. We do it, animals do it. I saw some pigeons going at it last week (For all of ten seconds - which is long time, for pigeons). There is nothing magical going on. You rub the right parts, you trigger the right instincts, and it feels very good. - revbeatman, on 04/23/2009, -1/+8That sucks that your wife had such a bad reaction to it. Was her doctor able to tell her why she felt like that? I've taken it before and I didn't notice any side effects.
- Vektuz, on 04/23/2009, -0/+7Unwanted young pregnancy most likely has a lot more possible 'complications' and risk than this pill could ever.
- boydrew, on 04/23/2009, -1/+8i don't understand the words that are comin out of your mouth
- Suricou, on 04/23/2009, -0/+6Why is being a slut such a bad thing? It's only a problem if your slutish ways endanger the health of others - so long as it's done with proper and consistant use of contraception including a condom and regular STI testing, I have no reason to object.
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