Morning After Pill May be Sold on Supermarket Shelves

[Coito ergo sum]

Maybe it'll change it here. I hope so. We'll see; I guarantee you the fundies will be foaming at the mouth on Faux Entertainment tonight.

What do you expect from a network that thinks Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog are communists?

Maybe they are Communists. After all, Ernie and Bert are gay, and they have a frog and pig having an interspecies romance, and they glorify homelessness by pretending that someone can live in a garbage can and have a staircase and a basement in it.

[apophenia]

Well, not to strike a sour note, but the morning after pill can have serious side effects, even when it works correctly, and likely, as with most drugs, has not been studied for safety or efficacy in pediatric populations (and it matters which emergency contraceptive or abortifacient is at issue; the article refers to the better tolerated progestin-only pill). I'm all for empowerment, but let's not be reckless in our aim. I would suggest a minimum age for purchase, at the least.

[kiki5711]

you can buy it over the counter 17 and older. Younger than that it has to be with a prescription. I think that's appropriate since younger teens might start using it like candy and not know the side effect of using it constantly.

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