Plan B Pill: An Analysis

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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

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