Plenty of information exists to validate the concerns of those opposed to the Plan B pill being readily available without a prescription to women as young as fifteen. The Director of Pro-Life Action League states that allowing Plan B to continue being sold over the counter to young girls encourages promiscuity and does not only invite them, but older men who often prey on them, to engage in sexual behavior (Scheidler A.12). In addition, Scheidler goes on to state that critics argue women, especially teenagers, will substitute Plan B for other types of birth control measures, such as condoms. This in turn will increase the rate of sexually transmitted diseases. Dr. Hanna Klaus, an obstetrician-gynecologist, cited the increased chlamydia and…
“Your birth control plan isn’t always perfect. So there’s Plan B One Step emergency contraception” is the phrase on the Plan B One Step website. Plan B is a single dose emergency contraceptive pill to help prevent an unintended pregnancy after unprotected sex or contraceptive failure. Nine hundred and sixteen OB/GYNs were surveyed and recommended this brand over any other. Although this product is beneficial to some, it causes controversy with others.…
The contraceptive Plan B pill has been the main source of controversy since the approval of the FDA decision to make it available over the counter with no age restrictions back in 2013. Many women across the United States have to deal with unplanned pregnancies each year, and most deciding whether or not they should continue with the pregnancy or end it. The Food & Drug Administration along with the United States Department of Health authorized a highly ‘morning-after pill or more known to as Plan B. Plan B is available upon without a doctor 's prescription to girls over the age of fifteen. The process of the pill was never easy nor smooth as the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) spent long dreadful years wrangling before upon approval of the pill. It also needed an additional three years to allow Congress to enact the legislative measure to ensure the medication is legit.…
Birth Control Pills Vs. The Depo Shot Sixty-two percent of women who are of reproductive age are on some type of contraceptive, whether it be pill, shot, or some other type of contraceptive. The main two types of contraceptives are the pill and the shot, and they are both good forms of contraceptives. After taking them for so long the hormones can cause some effects to the uterus and menstrual cycle. The pill is taken in a different way than that of the depo shot.…
*You tell her it's okay, she can just get a pill and not worry about it. She gives you a sad look but nods her head, you both go to a pharmacy and she gets some plan B pills. She takes one right away then looks up at you, frowning. * I should go.. thanks for the day though.…
An IUD can help regulate a woman's period. Although a bit expensive, an IUD also is the most reliable contraceptive on the market. Or maybe the woman is choosing the morning after pill because her partner’s condom broke during sex and she can’t possibly afford to get pregnant right now. The method of contraception should be her choice, not her employers. Most women understand what is best for them.…
1960 is storming it up in Chile and China as they both deal with drastic storms that lead to many deaths. As we know we have had many presidents before but September 26 is the day we have the first televised presidential debate. An event happened that had the president involved where a U.S. U-2 plane is shot down over Soviet Union. Now as 1960 came along inventions have been made like the laser which is helping many lives in the world right now.…
The issue at hand is still mixed with science, politics, morals, religion, and so on making it a very sensitive issue. There are a few solutions provided to balance the approach from both sides’ concerns. First, would be to not completely ban the emergency contraceptive pill Plan B One-Step but to remove it from being available over the counter without a prescription and making it a requirement for women of all. Allowing the Plan B pill to be available by prescription only would mean a doctor’s visit would be required so that a pregnancy test could be done to ensure the individual is not in fact already pregnant. Moreover, it would allow the doctor to not only educate the individual of the many options of birth control to avoid having to take the Plan B pill in the future.…
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.…
The birth control pill, or “the pill”, is an oral contraceptive prescribed as medication and taken once every day. The birth control pill was made legal in the 1970s and also made available to teenage girls. It was and still is used by numerous amounts of women starting at as early as age 15. This was the holy grail of the century, because there was a new way to prevent pregnancies. Although female contraception lowers teen pregnancy rates, teens under the age of 18 shouldn’t be having sex that often to where they need a stronger, more long term form of birth control.…
As casual and premarital sex has become socially acceptable today, birth control has become an essential practice in our society, and the demand and the need for birth control is only rising. A birth control pill is the most commonly used contraceptive method in the United States today. What makes a birth control pill outstanding among all contraceptive methods is its failure rate; less than 1 out of 100 women will get pregnant each year if used properly. It is the lowest failure rate among all contraceptive methods besides sterilization. With its effectiveness and convenience, a birth control pill has won its popularity over the past few decades.…
It has been a battle since the dawn of man, or woman. Who is greater, and who deserves what. While many strides have been made in modern history to help strengthen women’s rights, there are still a lot of places we are coming up short. Stemming from the early 1900’s, the debate of birth control has been center stage. Is it legal?…
There are so many different forms of contraceptives; Barrier method, such as Condoms, cervical caps, cervical shields, contraceptive sponge and diaphragm; Hormonal Methods such as the patch, vaginal rings, pills and shots. Implantable devices: such as surgical sterilization, implants, and intrauterine devices. One of the safest methods was said to be the condom. Condoms are said to be effective not only toward pregnancy, but effective against STD’s. Recent study shows that the spermicide nonoxynol 9, which many condoms are coated with, not only doesn’t guard against STD’s as people assume, but also may increase you risk of contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.…
The pill was not convenient enough. From an implant in your arm to a copper insertion into your uterus. Now there are contraceptive methods that you only need to take or replace once a week, month, year, or even twelve years. This includes, the Emergency Contraceptive, or Plan B, that you can take up to three days after having unprotected intercourse. Each of these contraceptive methods contain either or both synthetic versions of the female hormones, progesterone and estrogen.…
There are many ways for young women to prevent teen pregnancy: abstinence, birth control pills, emergency contraception pills, birth control shots, implants and intrauterine devices such as Marana. The biggest problem that we see today is that young women have no idea that different contraceptive options are available to them. Many women know about the risks and benefits of using birth control pills but our sex education classes fall short in educating young women on all of their options. Through this paper I will explore teen and young women’s attitudes towards contraceptives and emergency contraception more commonly known as Plan B. Unintended pregnancies account for 43% of…