'Morning-after' pill doesn't increase unsafe sex

[arikara]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Allowing 'morning-after' contraceptive pills to be sold over the counter does not increase their use, suggesting that easy availability does not lead to an upsurge in unprotected sex, British investigators report.

Beginning in January of 2001, emergency contraception has been available without prescription in the UK, Dr. Cicely Marston and associates note in an online report from the British Medical Journal.

Opponents of this policy are concerned that it encourages unprotected sex and increase promiscuity.

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"Given the apparent absences of negative consequences, and the fact that many women clearly prefer to buy emergency hormonal contraception over the counter," the team concludes, "our study supports the case for lifting the ban on over-the-counter sales of emergency hormonal contraception in the United States and other countries."


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[tritsofme]

1. Anyone who opposes the morning after pill is not pro-life

They are pro-control.

If these people were truly interested in decreasing the amount of abortions that occur in this country they would rally around Plan B, and fight to make sure that women had access to it.

I think a lot of people truly don't understand what it is exactly this drug is, and confuse it with RU-486. I think if misconceptions were cleared up, if people were willing to listen a lot of opposition to this drug would fade.

[MaineDem]

2. Kick...although

Those who really need to see this don't read DU.