Just like any other drug that no longer requires a prescription. Politicians decide they want it available 'over the counter' and start passing laws and pushing the FDA to allow it to be sold without a prescription. Many drugs were once prescription only that are now available without one. Tens of millions of women have been using the pill for decades now. It's safe and there is probably no reason a prescription is required anyway.
By the way, it is already a conservative argument for many to get the government out of the drug regulation business. I would prefer it if far more drugs were available to the consumer without the need to spend a bunch of money at a doctor's office getting a prescription. If more things were available 'over the counter', an educated consumer could save a fortune. In some countries, prescriptions aren't required for most pharmaceuticals and somehow the people do just fine.
Almost its only reason for existance is to enable recreational sex. I don’t know why Consevatives drop this issue.
Umm, because conservatives like recreational sex too? Contraception really is a completely, entirely settled issue. There is only a very small percentage of conservatives that want to re-fight something that was collectively decided back in the 50's and 60's. Contraception is here to stay. Politicians like Santorum who want to preach to Americans and explain why contraception is "not okay" are part of the reason the younger generations avoid the Republican brand like the plague.
Well, your description of the way things work at the FDA would certainly make me want to do away with it as a Federal agency. I hope that there is actually SOME medicine involved.
Jindal, as a Governor, I thought we were agreed, is taking a completely political view on this. I don’t think that anything he could propose would look anything like other former-prescrpition-drugs and their transition to OTC?
I like recreational sex, too, but I don’t want to subsidize someone elses. I think most Consevatives would feel the same way, and that’s the way to beat-back Sandra Fluke and the AHCA debacle the Democrats have us in.
I suppose you are thinking of me as, you equated to Santorum, wanting to ban BC or something. That is not the case. In that sense I am in agreement with you that BC is a “settled” issue. But I think you are wrong if you think that many people want to publicly pay for it for everyone. I also think a great many parents would not like to give up what little control they have in its use.
You know, as we discussed earlier, you can both win your point and lose it, too. The use of BC is, as you say, “settled” in America. In 50 years, though, that America will no longer exist. The culture(s) that will replace it, have also “settled” the issue. They don’t use it, and that is why they will replace us.