This morning on Fox News (considering that's all my parents watch), I saw how stores are allowing teenagers aged fifteen and up to buy the "morning-after" pill without parents permission. I also saw how some adults thought this to be ridiculous, unnecessary, and intolerable. Why?

In my personal opinion, I think it's a good thing. If you're taking part in those "activities" at such an early age, and maybe something happens where you're not protected, shouldn't you be able to immediately rid yourself of a fetus that you wont be able to care for when it's older?

That's another thing. I heard the adults complaining about the teenagers doing these things at an early age. All I have to say is: things happen. Teenagers that end up alone and have raging hormones, well, you know that's not exactly safe. Again, stuff happens.

But anyway. I'm not one to judge, and I'll respect your opinion on the matter. So go ahead, post your opinion, if you want.

i totally agree with making Plan B available for the freshman age girls, however, the main concern i believe besides the fox news/catholic church belief that if you have any form of "intimacy" outside of marriage you are going to burn, is that the pill could be dangerous. i believe my mother was talking about the possibility of a teenage girl getting it without telling her parents, and then she starts to bleed an irregular amount. 

what (some) people don't realize is that Plan B and any emergency contraceptive will mess up the menstrual cycle, however, sometimes it becomes terribly bad which I suppose could lead to hemorrhaging but I'm not sure 

I'm always wary of any new or recently released drug.. Hormones, migraine, indigestion, to heart medicine's, anything and everything. I know these things go thru rigorous testing and our government, BUT months later you see it on TV - CALL 1 800 BAD DRUG and they are being recalled due to deaths and in the process of a lawsuit with screaming lawyers. I don't mean to get off topic of the Plan B drug but I guess I'm just wary off ALL drugs these days. I really need to research this before I form a steadfast opinion.

I heard it on the radio. It's not very good.

I actually heard from a friend that birth control pills or "morning after" pills can stunt or stop the menstruation cycle. I don't know how accurate that is, but regardless, the pill isn't causing any vital harm unless you count eliminating the fetus, which isn't that big of a deal considering the thing isn't even developed enough to have an identifiable gender.

"KrisKross" wrote:

I actually heard from a friend that birth control pills or "morning after" pills can stunt or stop the menstruation cycle. I don't know how accurate that is, but regardless, the pill isn't causing any vital harm unless you count eliminating the fetus, which isn't that big of a deal considering the thing isn't even developed enough to have an identifiable gender.

yes, most (if not all) morning after pills make the menstrual cycle irregular. 

I look at it this way:

Morning afters aren't full proof.

When they are generously given to the immature public...guess what happens?

Rates of certain things go up.

This is probably the part where we hear that the stock market will crash. lol

"AlphaT" wrote:

I look at it this way:


Morning afters aren't full proof.


When they are generously given to the immature public...guess what happens?


Rates of certain things go up.

true.

but same thing can be said for the male version of contraceptives, they don't always work yet you can buy them at any time regardless of age I'm pretty sure. 

iirc teen pregnancy has been dropping recently too? I dunno. 

"-Allie-" wrote:

This is probably the part where we hear that the stock market will crash. lol

Lol, not financial rates.