Should 17 year olds be allowed to get the morning after pill?
FDA to allow morning-after pill over the counter for 17-year-oldsan excerpt:
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The "morning-after pill" will be available without a prescription to women 17 and older, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. The minimum age has been 18.
On March 23, a federal court ordered that Plan B, an emergency contraception pill, be made available over the counter to those 17 and up, the agency said in a statement on its Web site. The agency will not appeal that order, the statement said.
In the order, U.S. District Judge Edward Korman also asked the agency to consider whether the pill should be available to women of all ages without a prescription, saying that such a determination is best left to the expertise of the FDA rather than a federal district judge.
Are they freaking killing me? Are they trying to make it harder for parents and easier for children? Next thing you know, they will be making all of the decisions for parents. How about this? The government pays me child support and I give them the all the power they want.
For those that don't know, it's basically an abortion pill so that a person can make a mistake and correct it. Of course, it has to be used in a certain time period after having unprotected sex or a condom breaks, but it is what it is. I am pro-choice, but dang....
posted by Rosko @ 9:41 PM
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