Plan B--do you agree with it being offered OTC?

Question

Do you view it as an abortion pill? Do you believe it will lower the number of abortions performed each year?

My personal thoughts--it is about time, it is not an abortion pill as it prevents fertilization and as for the false sense of security, I think there is always that small percentage of the population that no matter what they are told, they won't listen. You cannot legislate common sense. Thanks for all of your answers.

Answer 1

It will almost definitively dramatically reduce the number abortions.

And given that it operates to prevent implantation and prevent the embryo from ever developing, it doesn't meet the definition of abortion because no pregnancy ever occurs.

Answer 2

I definitely agree with it being offered over-the-counter, and no, I don't view it as an abortion pill (for many of the same reasons listed above-- hooray for people who actually decided to read how it works!). I also believe it will lower the number of abortions performed each year.

I would just like to add that that I disagree with the person who said some women might be given a false sense of security, and think that it protects them from STDs. This is one of the reasons why the age limit is so important; an adult woman can be more mature and responsible about her body than a child can.

Answer 3

Yes, it will prevent the need or desire for many abortions. It stops fertilization or implantation, probably sometimes one, sometimes the other. It is not an abortion pill.

If a woman knows so instantly that she doesn't want to get pregnant, and she goes through the effort to get these pills, I think there's a high probability she'd have an abortion later. So Plan B prevents abortions. If only the religious right weren't so extreme, Plan B would have been approved a year ago, and many abortions prevented.

Answer 4

Yes I do. A woman can just as easily take 3 or 4 normal birth control pills and the result would be the same. It is not an abortion pill, it is not RU-486, otherwise, all birth control pills are abortion pills. It works by preventing ovulation or fertilization (by altering tubal transport of sperm and/or ova). In addition, it may inhibit implantation by altering the endometrium. Plan-B does it faster, but not always. It reduces the risk of pregnancy by 89%.

Answer 5

I do not view it as an abortion pill, or a form of birth control.
Abortion is the removal of an embyro (or fetus) and birth control is used prior to intercourse to prevent pegnancy.
I think of Plan B as more of insurance for accidents. If the condom breaks (or if you were unprepared and didnt use one) you can take this pill "just in case" so you dont have to go thru an unwanted pregnancy or the trauma of an abortion.
I definitely think it will reduce the number of abortions!!

Its about bloody time the US approved plan B , the UK has had this on the market since 2001 and its been available in the rest of Europe for a long time!

If it wasnt for our stagnant government held down by the conservative christians I think it would have been approved a long time ago.

I support the fact that its reserved for women over the age of 18 (I feel that as long as you are the responsibility of your parents then they need to be aware of what is going on with you and your body)

I am glad that the option is available to me - being that I am 27 if I happen to have a mis-hap I can take this pill instead of going thru the trauma of keeping an unwanted baby or getting an abortion.

3 cheers for a womans right to her own damn body!!!!

Answer 6

nicely if i wanted some start administration tablets all i could could desire to do is take place at any planned parenthood/maximum sexual wellbeing clinics and ask for a loose 3 month supply suitable then and there no questions asked. (ok, they could elect to do an examination on you to be sure you're healthful and not already pregnant) I could desire to purely desire that folk does no longer take greater beneficial start administration tablets instead of plan B. maybe then that's a solid ingredient that Plan B is "greater available" so it may be much less perplexing to easily bypass to the drugstore and p.c.. some up fairly than calculate what share start administration tablets equivalent one plan B pill, which isn't risk-free on a good number of ranges by how. If medical doctors are finding to offer risk-free practices for the final public, they did a solid ingredient. additionally, to apply plan B, you have a maximun of 72 hours after your "accident" to apply the pill. The later you employ it, the possibilities of it no longer working are greater beneficial. So image the logistics, you may desire to make an appointment- which won't be the comparable day, the frequently used practitioner ought to compliment to check you (they do in case you have chose the pill) then you certainly could desire to bypass get your perscription filled. shall we desire there's a walgreens on your section because of the fact no longer all pharmacies are open continually. So by the time you get your plan B, some time must be up or a minimum of your possibilities of the pill working are decrease in a million/2. I wasn't interior the room while they voted in this yet i could say they made the determination to guard the risk-free practices of the final inhabitants and that they seen the logistics of utilising this pill.

Answer 7

yes, I view it as an abortion pill and I also think it will lower the number of traditional abortions....I am not ethically opposed to pill per se, but the OTC aspect causes me some concern. I am afraid it will give women a false sense of security or more abandon when it comes to unprotected sex opening them up to other STDs etc... and also the ease at which very young children will now have access to it. All an 18 year old has to do is buy it and pass it on to a younger child, either because of misguided altruism or worse some ulterior motive of their own

Answer 8

i think that we need to have a long discussion about what we want.
if pro-life people want to reduce the number of abortions every year, then i think they should back plan-b over the counter.
if pro-life people want to prevent pain and trauma to unborn children, then i think they should back plan-b over the counter.
if pro-life people want every conceived embryo to be born, they should not.

i am really interested in trying to come to some sort of consensus, but i am very confused by the pro-life movement. i don't know why they would oppose something like this which is the least bad for the embryo and mother. we need to try and figure out some goals we can work together toward, because these mutually exclusive ones just turn into screaming matches.

i support it because i want there to be fewer abortions. i am pro-choice because i'm afraid of what will be required of our laws to keep women from aborting their babies. many late term abortions that are demonized (rightly so) were by teenage mothers who just procrastinated because they were freaked out by going to planned parenthood. i don't think we should make it easier, but we can definitely make it less painful for all parties.

Answer 9

I don't view it as abortion and think it should be available OTC. I think it will cut back on the number of unwanted pregnancies and abortions.

If you view it as abortion though (If life begins when sperm hits egg, implantation optional), it will increase the number preformed each year. Of course, if you view it was abortion, regular chemical birth control does the exact same thing and is also abortion.

Answer 10

Not an abortion pill. Prevents implantation of egg. No pregnancy.

Hopefully to your second question.

Addition: I also just want to say I hope women use it for what it is intended ("Plan B") and not as a primary means of birth control.