The Morning After Pill
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| mrs.johnnychrist. Really Not Okay  Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 640 | Beeblebrox: yeahh.seriously.it makes you feel like crap. ^^ so right.  |
| the.sound.of.black Jazz Hands  Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 281 | My friend has had the map twice. Both times she walked in to the pharmacy, asked for it and paid the $70, they asked her when she had sex etc and gave her the instructions on how to use it. You aren't required to go to the doctors for a prescription. She only took it because she hadn't been having sex for long and she was on the pill but didn't use a condom and freaked out...she is just a bit cautious. Oh and she was only 15. It doesn't stop the majority of people from having safe sex, it is just an extra precaution and we don't know the reasons and don't need to. If you call people who have unprotected sex irresponsible then they shouldn't be having children. If they do fall pregnant and don't want the baby the map will prevent an abortion a month down the track, or even worse an unwanted baby 9 months later. Either way they get scoulded..... |
| J.D. Poe Fabulous Killjoy Age: - Gender: - Posts: 100 | Hannah!: Bringing a life into this world should never be considered a reasonable "consequence" for any behaviour. The only other options are abortion and adoption, both could ruin your life and the life of the child. And considering the morning after pill doesnt abort a pregnancy (as the creator of this thread states) you can hardly consider it the same as abortion. Knowing this pill can have serious side effects, just like the regular pill, I think a prescription is imperative. A doctor should definately be consulted but the age and parental consent of the child shouldnt be necessary. Lowering the age limit to 16 would be the right move though I doubt that will ever happen in america with the current administration. |
| the.sound.of.black Jazz Hands Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 281 | Seeing as it is only effective in the first 72 hours it just seems more practical to go straight to the pharmacy then to wait for a docs appointment, which for some people can take a couple of days. It is up to the girl to tell her parents, not all people tell their parents everything and that is their business. The govt. and the people wants this pill to be available to prevent unwanted pregnancies....so what is the big deal? I know a few people who have taken it, either because they were afraid their contraception didn't work or they didn't use any. For them it was a huuuge wake up call and they have never taken it again. They have become more responsible about protection. |
| Ignore Alien Orders Salute You in Your Grave  Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 2026 | Hannah!: A child shouldn't be considered a "consequence" on either side of this argument. Realize that often it wouldn't be the parents who would pay the consequences, but the child. Would you rather have a child be brought into this world by a mother who was expected to "pay the consequences" when not adequately prepared for motherhood than have this pill available? Pregnancy is not an abstract concept, it's not just a tool used to keep girls from having unprotected sex. It's the process of bringing a life into the world, and if you're anti-abortion then you most likely agree with me that life is sacred--and therefore should be able to see that using life as a "consequence" is wrong. |
| DegenerateHippie Killjoy Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 32 | druscilla; in rags: Im not crushing, im stating my opinion. sorry for the cussing, i cuss. biiiig deal. okay, now that we're past that (hopefully), if a person wanted to be responsible, there would be no sex. end of discussion. thats it. and im not talking about rape victims here, im talking about irresbonsible people. sure, they should give that pill to rape victims! im 100% for that. no no no. you cannot blame drugs. you cant say that you were in a drunken state. it doesnt help that fact at all. ultimately, it's the individual's decision. plain and simple, why cant you see that? it all beyond me, but thats the truth.... |
| DegenerateHippie Killjoy Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 32 | Caitlin Caustic;;: im not talking about rape victims. im only talking in terms of people that do those kinds of things. that go to raves, parties with boose, ect. and get drunk, and have sex. yeah, sure, if the punch was spiked, thats out of your hands...but think: would you have predicted that? could you have said, 'the person hosting this party is kind of a trouble- maker, or misfit, or someone i dont really trust... so whats going to happen at this party?' you could have stopped and asked a whole plethora of questions, but the fact is, if you do something, ANYTHING, theres always a risk. no matter what. sure, things happen, but theres no sure- fire way to prevent any of that. people who dont want that kind of trouble should think about what theyre about to do really hard, and thoroughly. that would lessen any chance. and dont say that im lucky. i only stated that im not straight- edge. i've had my fair share of unlucky, alright? |
| Fezzik Salute You in Your Grave  Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 2748 | ^Going to a party does not give anyone the right to spike a person's drink and rape them. A girl's drink can be spiked anywhere she goes. Should we all just hide at home in case we get raped so that we don't have to use the morning after pill? We all make our choices, but not everything is under our control. The Morning After Pill is one of the few things that is - or almost is, depending on where you live. Banning it would only be stripping women further of their rights. |
| Ignore Alien Orders Salute You in Your Grave Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 2026 | ^I agree completely. I understand being somewhat cautious, but come on--the idea shouldn't be to tell women* how to not get raped so much as to tell people not to rape them. Women shouldn't have to heavily consider the things you listed, because no one should be spiking their drinks. I don't care if a woman is a sex worker wearing a mini skirt and six inch heels with a tube top at some sleazy party--no one has the right to drug and/or rape her, and if that does happen, it's not her fault, it's the fault of whoever did it. I don't know about other states, but here in Connecticut, taking advantage of someone who is drunk or high and having sex with them, even if they appear to consent, is 2nd Degree Sexual Assault--that's up to ten years in prison. I'd say most would consider that rape--and I don't care if it was irresponsible to get drunk, because if you possibly get pregnant in that state when you didn't even mean to have sex, chances are you aren't ready to be a parent. I've said it before and I'll say it again: this isn't just for the potential parents' sake, it's for the sake of the life they might create if the pill is not administered. That child is not a consequence, it is a life for which the parents will be responsible for for the next few decades--and if the parents aren't prepared for that, it could be incredibly detrimental for the child involved if a pregnancy does occur. *obviously this goes for guys too as that does happen sometimes. i just said women seeing as this is the thread for the Morning After Pill. |
| druscilla. Bleeding on the Floor  Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 1671 | DegenerateHippie: Actually, you can say it. It's called rape if you're too drunk to consent or if you were drugged. Legally. And it's not only irresponsible people who would need this drug. Everyone seems to insist that the only people who have sex are whores. They're not. Say a girl is in a monogamous relationship with her boyfriend of two years. They always wear a condom when they have sex, but one time it breaks. They were being responsible, but an accident occurred. Why shouldn't she be able to take the morning after pill? It's the responsible decision, after all, to not have a baby you can't care for. |
| girl interrupted. Salute You in Your Grave  Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 2792 | druscilla; in rags: Exactly. The Morning After Pill should definately stay available. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. |
| DegenerateHippie Killjoy Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 32 | druscilla; in rags: sex in the first place isn't responsible. no matter how much two minors love each other. did you know that it's against the law to have sex as minors? legally. |
| persona non grata Killjoy Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 65 | DegenerateHippie: well, though i disagree with your opinion that having sex makes people irresponsible, i'm not going to get into that right now. i just wanted to point out that the laws about sex between minors vary greatly from state to state. (i don't know about outside the US, but i was reading about this yesterday, actually.) there are very few states in which it is completely illegal to have sex if you're under 18. in fact, quite a few states' laws allow people 15 years and older to have sex with anyone they want as long as the age difference is less than 10 years. most allow people 14 years and older to have sex with anyone less that 5 years older. the laws are totally different from state to state. i think this is probably better suited for the premarital sex forum. |
| DegenerateHippie Killjoy Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 32 | basketcasex39: Yeah... i was thinking about that just as i posted this.. in Cali the age difference has to be within three years. |
| Ignore Alien Orders Salute You in Your Grave Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 2026 | DegenerateHippie: Wrong. It varies from state to state, but just an example, in Connecticut the laws are: If you're under 13, no sex. If you're 13-16, the other person must be less than two years older than you. And I believe if you're 16-18 the other person must be under 21, but I'm not positive. Anyway, other than that, as long as it's consensual and not incest, between a doctor/therapist and a patient, or between a non-college school employee and a student, it's perfectly legal. |
| ilovegerardway2much Jazz Hands Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 353 | I absolutely DISAGREE. ur parent owns u until ur 18 [so2speak] so they deserve2know what ur purchasing at drug stores, and u should be able2 speak 2 a parent or guardian about that. and if u cant tell some1 else. |
| Fezzik Salute You in Your Grave Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 2748 | ^And for kids who aren't comfortable talking to their parents? Parents who aren't comfortable talking about sex with their kids? Should they just not use birth control? Also, no chatspeak on the Discussion Board. Read the rules before you post. |
| yoey962 Bleeding on the Floor  Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 1262 | druscilla; in rags: i agree completely. my friend recently had to take the morning after pill. she has been with her boyfriend for 6 months, they are very much in love, and they have been responsible everytime they have had sex. however this one time a couple of days ago the condom slipped off and in the midst of it they did not notice. even though it as just after her period and she was unlikely to get pregnant, she did the RESPONSIBLE thing and asked my school to get her the morning after pill. that to me is far better than her sitting on the fact that she could be pregnant and letting it screw up her exams/life and her boyfriends exams/life. now at least she can be sure she is not pregnant and can get on with it. that to me is the reason that the morning after pill should be available to everyone. |
| Meeshell Awake and Unafraid  Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 10166 | i agree with everyone that says it should be open to all ages, cuz arent condoms? i mean, if u r gonna have sex and u can buy a condom to be safe, why cant u buy the morning after pill just to make sure that the condom worked? hope that made sense..... |
| fade.to.black Killjoy Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 21 | Cigarettes And Suicide: i agree |
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