just so she doesnt want to join the military or some other major life decison that requires parental consent
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how is some pharmacy supposed to know if a fat teenager is not 6 months preggers and this drug could kill her AND the baby
Can I ask, in all seriousness, does anybody know how this got to be the subject of a court case? I know that the subject of morning after pills is troubling. But, with an age limit at 18, it was available to those who are legally adults. Why was there a court case to force it to be available to an underage teenage girl? What is the legal reasoning and the legal justification for something available to a legal adult, to be available to one who is legally a minor?
And why is the age limit of 17 now? Unfortunately too many teens younger than that may need such a pill if you know what I mean. Now that there’s no concept here of who is legally an adult, where will any lines be drawn?
And what about parental consent for your minor daughters and any medical treatment? Is that legal concept gone too?
The morning after pill will not end an established pregnancy. It is a moderate dose synthetic progesterone and progesterone supports the uterine lining.
Whether it will prevent implantation after fertilization is not clear to me from looking at the studies.
Studies HAVE shown that making the morning-after pill readily available does not reduce pregnancy rates as a whole though obviously it is effective in preventing an individual pregnancy.
What is ridiculous is the moral posturing over not letting politics interfere with science and medicine when the judges’ policy decision leads to a one year age difference than the Bush administration’s policy decision.
“how is some pharmacy supposed to know if a fat teenager is not 6 months preggers and this drug could kill her AND the baby”
Because Plan B doesn’t work if you’re already pregnant.