jclalor 12 #1 April 5, 2013 The "morning after pill" is now available without a presription, regardless of age or parental consent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mistercwood 287 #2 April 5, 2013 Good. Now improve sex-ed and access to contraceptives so this is an emergency option only.You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meso 38 #3 April 5, 2013 Probably the best option. It's been that way here for ages, it's easily accessible at pharmacies. And speaking from experience, it's definitely the best option - especially for those who oppose abortion. Realistically, in cases where the condom breaks, or there is a contraceptive accident that results in the uncertainty of whether or not it could result in pregnancy. The girl is far more likely to keep quiet and hope that it doesn't, than to speak to her parents to try and get permission for emergency contraceptives. The availability of the pill to them in these cases can easily reduce unwanted pregnancies. And given the common side effects of taking it, it's not like they will just go and have sex thinking that they can just pop a pill twice the next day to solve it. Having been in that situation a couple of times when I was a teenager, I can say for certain that if it had not been for the easy access of EC, some bad choices and possibly even worse outcomes may have happened. Good on 'em for realizing that there is more good than harm that can come from this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jclalor 12 #4 April 5, 2013 I agree 100%, but some here in the states will view it as the beginning of end times. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,454 #5 April 5, 2013 >but some here in the states will view it as the beginning of end times. Such people have been around ever since women started demanding the right to vote. Every generation people find something new to be outraged about. World never seems to end. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #6 April 5, 2013 Oh, great; now teenagers will start having sex. Sigh. Hell in a handbasket. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #7 April 5, 2013 Quote Oh, great; now teenagers will start having sex. Sigh. Hell in a handbasket. Dogs and cats, living together...Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #8 April 5, 2013 Quote Quote Oh, great; now teenagers will start having sex. Sigh. Hell in a handbasket. Dogs and cats, living together... http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs36/f/2008/279/b/8/Catdog_by_stitch_666.jpg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opie 0 #9 April 5, 2013 Quote Quote Oh, great; now teenagers will start having sex. Sigh. Hell in a handbasket. Dogs and cats, living together... That's all fine and good but you damn well know this will lead to them wanting the right marry! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #10 April 5, 2013 Quote Quote Quote Oh, great; now teenagers will start having sex. Sigh. Hell in a handbasket. Dogs and cats, living together... That's all fine and good but you damn well know this will lead to them wanting the right marry! Baby turtles deserve turtles parents. Say no to dogs and cats adopting turtles!!!!!!Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,404 #11 April 5, 2013 Quote Oh, great; now teenagers will start having sex. Sigh. Hell in a handbasket. All we need to do is ban sex education.They would never figure out how to do it on their own."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opie 0 #12 April 5, 2013 Quote Quote Quote Quote Oh, great; now teenagers will start having sex. Sigh. Hell in a handbasket. Dogs and cats, living together... That's all fine and good but you damn well know this will lead to them wanting the right marry! Baby turtles deserve turtles parents. Say no to dogs and cats adopting turtles!!!!!! Really??? You were fine with dogs raising turtles before but now that the dog is with a cat it's a no go? and don't tell me the jury is still out on that, get your head out of the sand! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #13 April 5, 2013 Don't shove pussy's down my throat! No, wait... That didn't come out right.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 187 #14 April 5, 2013 Quote The "morning after pill" is now available without a prescription, regardless of age or parental consent. This pisses me off! If 14 year olds get pregnant, they should have babies by golly! How else will they learn responsibility? I think having a baby is a superb object lesson. What better way to learn that actions have consequences than to have 9 months to ponder the result of an impulsive act? And if it was rape? Well, society can sure use the offspring of decisive men who know what they want and take it! Do we want children sired by the kind of "men" who defer to the opinions of little girls? I think not. Also, since it is physically impossible for a girl to get pregnant unless she really wants it, then she was just playing hard to get anyway. Have I covered most of the reasons why birth control for youngsters is bad? If not, I'll try to come up with some more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #15 April 5, 2013 Quote All we need to do is ban sex education.They would never figure out how to do it on their own. Brings back a memory... My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #16 April 5, 2013 Careful...somebody is going to think you are serious. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #17 April 5, 2013 Quote The "morning after pill" is now available without a presription, regardless of age or parental consent. My thoughts are mixed: Good thing - Will help prevent some unwanted pregnancies, - Will help reduce the financial burden on kids, their families and society as a whole - Other Bad thing - Adversely affects the thinking about potential pregnancy - Induce more to participate before developing responsibility - Promotes casual sex. (I may have put that in the wrong category )My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,090 #18 April 5, 2013 Personally, I wonder if any child under the age of majority should be allowed to buy ANY OTC drugs?Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #19 April 5, 2013 As alluded to by Meso... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levonorgestrel#Side_effects Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #20 April 5, 2013 Quote- Induce more to participate before developing responsibility - Promotes casual sex. That's been a default objection to making birth control available to minors w/o parental consent for ages. Personally, I'm not persuaded it holds water. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,404 #21 April 6, 2013 Quote Quote - Induce more to participate before developing responsibility - Promotes casual sex. That's been a default objection to making birth control available to minors w/o parental consent for ages. Personally, I'm not persuaded it holds water. I'm most disturbed by a skydiver, on a skydiving forum, classifying "casual sex", as a "bad thing"."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devildog 0 #22 April 6, 2013 Quote Quote The "morning after pill" is now available without a presription, regardless of age or parental consent. My thoughts are mixed: Good thing - Will help prevent some unwanted pregnancies, - Will help reduce the financial burden on kids, their families and society as a whole - Other Bad thing - Adversely affects the thinking about potential pregnancy - Induce more to participate before developing responsibility - Promotes casual sex. (I may have put that in the wrong category ) You forgot Good thing - Kids are clearly smart enough to know what to take, how often, side effects, etc. - Parents shouldn't ever be included on what's going on with their kidYou stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rifleman 61 #23 April 6, 2013 Although, to be fair, he did say he might have put it in the wrong category Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
