In the article called “States Starts to Let Pharmacists Prescribe Birth Control Pills”, published on February 18, 2016, Sarah Breitenbach talks about why and how states are allowing the pharmacists to prescribe birth control to patients without seeing a doctor. In addition to the positive side of this, she also talks about how it can be risky for certain people. Another point she brings up is about not having barriers on birth controls.
In Oregon and California, they recently passed a law that allowed pharmacists to prescribe different types of birth controls for women without seeing a doctor. Pharmacists can prescribe birth control to women and teens only if they completed the training courses. In Oregon, the pharmacists have to work with …show more content…
Donna Harrison, a physician and director of the American Association of Pro – Life Obstetricians, said “unchecked access to birth control could be detrimental to some women and teens”, because not every female reacts to birth control the same way (Breitenbach). According to Harrison, teens should have a doctor that will advocate for them because having that interaction with them is important.
Even though giving out birth control may be risking to some patients, Piage Clark thinks differently. She pushes more on the idea that there shouldn’t be any boundaries between the patient and birth control. According to American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Oral Contraceptives Over the Counter Working Group, believe that birth control should be available over the counter just like the emergency pill because they say that it meets the standard of the FDA.
To some it all up, there are positive outcomes and there are negative outcomes, but in the end, the point is to help patients have easy access to birth control and prevent unplanned …show more content…
Another comment she makes is in connection with how the Obama administration will say anything and do anything to prevent Obamacare from
In Oregon and California, they recently passed a law that allowed pharmacists to prescribe different types of birth controls for women without seeing a doctor. Pharmacists can prescribe birth control to women and teens only if they completed the training courses. In Oregon, the pharmacists have to work with …show more content…
Donna Harrison, a physician and director of the American Association of Pro – Life Obstetricians, said “unchecked access to birth control could be detrimental to some women and teens”, because not every female reacts to birth control the same way (Breitenbach). According to Harrison, teens should have a doctor that will advocate for them because having that interaction with them is important.
Even though giving out birth control may be risking to some patients, Piage Clark thinks differently. She pushes more on the idea that there shouldn’t be any boundaries between the patient and birth control. According to American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Oral Contraceptives Over the Counter Working Group, believe that birth control should be available over the counter just like the emergency pill because they say that it meets the standard of the FDA.
To some it all up, there are positive outcomes and there are negative outcomes, but in the end, the point is to help patients have easy access to birth control and prevent unplanned …show more content…
Another comment she makes is in connection with how the Obama administration will say anything and do anything to prevent Obamacare from