Wednesday; FDA is going to announce whether they approve making Plan B available for purchase from drugstore shelves!
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I think it's important to appreciate how amazing this advancement is. Apparently, reproductive justice advocates are predicting an approval - this would be a really amazing progression.
Is this Canadian or American?
ReplyDeleteI have bought Plan B off the drug store shelves.
Really? My experience in Canada has always been going to the pharmacist and getting it from them.
ReplyDeleteFollowup - the HHS overruled expanding access to Plan B. shameful.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it was right next to the condoms. But another friend told me she had to buy it from behind the counter in the past as well so either it depends on the establishment or maybe just the time frame...
ReplyDeleteI was just going to post that the US planned to keep it behind the counter!
That’s crazy…
ReplyDeleteI feel like that gives the impression to young women who are having sex that it’s okay to get knocked up cause there is a pill near the condom section if you do.
I worked in a rape crisis centre for 20 years and spoke with hundreds of young women and girls (yes girls, including those well under 16) who were DESPERATELY afraid that they had become pregnant after non-consensual sex....In non-patriarchal societies there have always been "medicine women" and healers (labelled "witches" by colonizers) who could help a girl or woman to avoid a pregnancy with teas and herbs. This knowledge has been taken from us through the processes of colonization and patriarchy....I personally am all in favour of helping girls and women to avoid unwanted pregnancies in ways that are safe and don'r require engagement with the medical system.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with finding ways to avoid unwanted preganacies that dont involve the medical system as i know how uncomfortable it can be and how some doctor's come off as very cold and judgmental because they blame women for getting pregnanct and accuse them of trying to aviod their responsibilites by ending the pregnancy. This experience was felt by a friend of mine who ended up just keeping her child.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with Marilyn. Restricting access and making access more difficult stigmatizes EC and makes it seem like a distant, impossible, shameful option. Totally the product of a patriarchal, male-dominated society that continues to hold power over what women are able to do with their bodies. When I (once upon a time!) had sex with men (one guy to be exact...mistake lol) - on 3 separate occasions I utilized the birth control pill as EC - I took 5 pills spaced out every 12 hours. The point is, because I was SO scared and felt so shameful going to the pharmacy to pick up plan B, I did this... and each time I was in EXTREME pain. AND, on top of all of it, I used protection and was on BC... BUT accidents happen. This situation is so far from black and white and this MUST be an option for women and girls - my situation is such a small spec in the enormous pile of situations and crises in which EC access is so important.
ReplyDeletethis is something that can very well be argued both ways, some people could say the use of birth controls are spoiling our teens because now they feel because of the birth control pills they can start having sex at very early ages and when they get pregnant they can always find $40 and get rid of it. i do understand that sex is a choice and we all have to make our own decisions at the end but when do we say yes its ok for our 15yr old children to start experiencing sex, and also seeing how they are getting pregnant at such early ages and using birth controls as their way out. how then do we address the issue or the disease that is killing humanity each second that passes by, HIV/AIDS, we have to look out for our children. it is unfortunate that some women are raped which is the cause of their pregnancy, in situations like this i strongly agree that pills like the plan b are needed if the woman chooses to take them. this is a very strong topic and I'm sorry if i offended anyone in my response. i have used birth control pills FYI
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