The Food and Drug Administration must make emergency contraceptives available to girls of all ages within 30 days, a federal judge has ruled, saying the agency's decisions regarding the so-called morning-after pill were "arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable."
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Korman came as the result of a lawsuit brought by reproductive-rights advocates, who had sought to remove age and other restrictions on the so-called "morning after" pill.
The Center for Reproductive Rights and other groups have argued that contraceptives are being held to a different and non-scientific standard than other drugs, and that politics has played a role in decision-making. Social conservatives have said the pill is tantamount to abortion.
The morning-after pill currently is available without a prescription only to those 17 and older who can prove their age. Younger teenagers must get a prescription.
In 2011 the Food and Drug Administration had been prepared to lift a controversial age limit and make Plan B One-Step -- the nation's first over-the-counter emergency contraceptive -- available for purchase by people of any age without a prescription.
But in December of that year Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius blocked the move, deciding that young girls shouldn't be able to buy it on their own. Sebelius said that while young girls are physically capable of bearing children, they might not properly understand how to use the emergency contraception without guidance from an adult.
President Barack Obama said at the time he supported Sebelius' decision.
In his ruling Judge Korman said Secretary Sebelius' directive to the FDA to reject Plan B One-Step for OTC sales "forced the agency to ride roughshod over the policies and practices that it has consistently applied in considering applications for switches in drug status to over-the-counter availability."
Full Story: Judge strikes age restrictions for "morning after" pill - CBS News
Should minors be able to purchase Plan B?
NO!!
This sucks!
I can't buy some kinds of cough syrup w/o ID,
But girls can buy this stuff ??
Whats wrong with these people ???:rantoff:
the liberal pedophile agenda.
NO!!
This sucks!
I can't buy some kinds of cough syrup w/o ID,
But girls can buy this stuff ??
Whats wrong with these people ???:rantoff:
Another step forward in the liberal pedophile agenda.
unless there is some health issue with a minor taking it the FDA has no business getting in the way. Why they were asking for public opinion on the matter is beyond me since their only concern should be the scientific safety of the drug. If the bible thumpers do not want to buy it they are free to walk on by it. The bible should have nothing to do with the FDA's decision. I actually do support selling it over the counter to kids who may need it. It is cheap, it doesn't involve surgery, and the girl can fix her mistake without making a huge issue about it. We need to get the government out of the practice of enforcing some insane twisted abstinence moral values that don't work on kids who are going to have sex whether the christians like it or not. A baby is not a punishment for a promiscuous teen. Christians need to stop pretending a living human being is god's punishment on girls for having sex.
unless there is some health issue with a minor taking it the FDA has no business getting in the way. Why they were asking for public opinion on the matter is beyond me since their only concern should be the scientific safety of the drug. If the bible thumpers do not want to buy it they are free to walk on by it. The bible should have nothing to do with the FDA's decision. I actually do support selling it over the counter to kids who may need it. It is cheap, it doesn't involve surgery, and the girl can fix her mistake without making a huge issue about it. We need to get the government out of the practice of enforcing some insane twisted abstinence moral values that don't work on kids who are going to have sex whether the christians like it or not. A baby is not a punishment for a promiscuous teen. Christians need to stop pretending a living human being is god's punishment on girls for having sex.
No one mentioned the bible or religion, where are you getting that from?
One more step and you can get to bestiality too. It still will be an insane logic leap, but I am sure you can bring in some other obscure unrelated items.
I would feel better if the Judge set the minimum age at the legal age when a child becomes an adult. If a parent is still responsible for the minor, then the parent should be the one to okay the drug or not for their child.
Hardly. You know laws that don't require parental consent in the name of protecting victims of underage rape and incest actual enable the victimizers to continue to rape or molest by preventing adults like the police from becoming involved. This is no different. You are insulating rapists and molesters from being caught with your "to protect the victim" nonsense.
In addition, the MAP is huge levels of hormones NOT meant for routine birth control. I can see 14, 15 year olds taking one every time she has sex and doing so thereafter. What would be the effects of someone taking 5, 10, 15 every month, month after month?
hmmm, if only we had a scientific organization who could have brought up studies showing the dangers of such use if they existed. Because that would be a reason to require a prescription, not public opinion. So why do you think the FDA did not bring up the concerns that you just presented? Are we to believe the FDA is not familiar with people who use more than the recommended dosage? Or perhaps there was no evidence that there are huge health risks. Because that would have been something I would imagine would have been important evidence as to why the plan B pill should be prescribed and not offered OTC if it existed. maybe the FDA just left those studies in their office during the trial.
NO!!
This sucks!
I can't buy some kinds of cough syrup w/o ID,
But girls can buy this stuff ??
Whats wrong with these people ???:rantoff:
No one mentioned the bible or religion, where are you getting that from?
unless there is some health issue with a minor taking it the FDA has no business getting in the way. Why they were asking for public opinion on the matter is beyond me since their only concern should be the scientific safety of the drug. If the bible thumpers do not want to buy it they are free to walk on by it. The bible should have nothing to do with the FDA's decision. I actually do support selling it over the counter to kids who may need it. It is cheap, it doesn't involve surgery, and the girl can fix her mistake without making a huge issue about it. We need to get the government out of the practice of enforcing some insane twisted abstinence moral values that don't work on kids who are going to have sex whether the christians like it or not. A baby is not a punishment for a promiscuous teen. Christians need to stop pretending a living human being is god's punishment on girls for having sex.
People are just lining up on the typical pro-choice v. pro-life teams. How unfortunately predictable.
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