Are their any risks to taking this pill physically?

Your hormones get out of whack and you feel like *kitten* for at least a week. Takes a month for your cycle to return to "normal".

Abuse of HORMONE birth control. As others said, it is not a regular dose of hormones, it's an extra shot. The female body, which does experience fluctuation, does not naturally experience that wide a swing that often in the course of a month unless there's something wrong. Birth control pills offer a small steady dose of hormones designed to follow along with your natural cycle, plan B doesn't. Taking it not as intended would qualify as abuse of the product

I agree and would even take it a step further and say that all BC pills should be over the counter. All Plan B IS is a high dose of BC pills taken over the course of like 12 hours or something.

And what is this 'Abuse of hormone BC' nonsense that I'm seeing. IT's not like you get high after taking it like narcotic pain medication. It's like saying that someone is abusing Tums or Tylenol.

Are their any risks to taking this pill physically?

i think it should be easily available, but not just handed out like candy. Its harsher on the body than other contraceptives, and there would be too much incentive for it to be used instead of condoms for someone who was only occasionally sexually active.
At the moment people can get it if they want it but its still easier to get other better forms of contaception, which is how it should be

i think it should be easily available, but not just handed out like candy. Its harsher on the body than other contraceptives, and there would be too much incentive for it to be used instead of condoms for someone who was only occasionally sexually active.
At the moment people can get it if they want it but its still easier to get other better forms of contaception, which is how it should be

I have to agree with you. My other concern is that if a young girl doesn't have to ask for it from someone then the opportunity for sex education is lost. I never had the conversation with my mom. I think young girls need to be reminded that it doesn't protect against other serious "side effects" (for lack of a better term) of sex such as STD's. The more we can talk about it openly the better all youngs kids and adults can make a decision and effectively protect themselves.

The problem is that if you require a doctor's prescription, and the girl is too scared to talk to her parents about it, then she'll never be able to get it. To see a doctor as a minor, you need parental consent (or sometimes even a parent there with you for the appointment). If you can't see a doctor because your parent isn't with you (since you're too scared to tell them), then the prescription will never be obtained.

i think it should be easily available, but not just handed out like candy. Its harsher on the body than other contraceptives, and there would be too much incentive for it to be used instead of condoms for someone who was only occasionally sexually active.
At the moment people can get it if they want it but its still easier to get other better forms of contaception, which is how it should be

I have to agree with you. My other concern is that if a young girl doesn't have to ask for it from someone then the opportunity for sex education is lost. I never had the conversation with my mom. I think young girls need to be reminded that it doesn't protect against other serious "side effects" (for lack of a better term) of sex such as STD's. The more we can talk about it openly the better all youngs kids and adults can make a decision and effectively protect themselves.

While I agree with you, this is not the time to be starting that conversation. Some kids don't have adults around that they can trust, or don't know who to trust.

Honestly, make plan B readily available... but make all birth control readily available. Somehow plan b reminds me of the procrastinators in highschool. You know, the one's that came in the day of and said "oh crap, I completely forgot about that project can I just hand it in later". Sure the jobs done in the end, doesn't mean they've learned anything about responsibility and planning though.

you cant buy the pill off the shelf, so why would you be able to get the MAP?

Honestly, make plan B readily available... but make all birth control readily available. Somehow plan b reminds me of the procrastinators in highschool. You know, the one's that came in the day of and said "oh crap, I completely forgot about that project can I just hand it in later". Sure the jobs done in the end, doesn't mean they've learned anything about responsibility and planning though.

That's beyond ignorant. You do know rape victims take Plan B, as well, right? Or some people don't realize that the condom failed 'til after they're finished, right? Some people even just like to not take a chance WHILE they used a perfectly working condom. There's different reasons. I suppose you yourself have never missed an assignment? Or maybe you've never forgotten your homework at home? Or had to take a hit on grade points to turn something in late? So quick to judge. Everyone makes mistakes...especially kids.

As for my stance on this, I think it should be available to anyone, anytime, but minors should be warned of the side effects. And remember, people...just because one person doesn't experience any side effects, doesn't mean that everyone will be side-effect free. Minors should be warned of the side effects, and be given explicit instructions on how to take it. I've taken it a few times, and I noticed the last time I took it, was very different from how I took it years ago.

I would certainly hope a rape victim would have immediately gone to the hospital for treatment, where she would be provided proper medical assistance.

I suppose I didn't consider the condom breaking though. But I never said in my post "Don't make it available, I want all these damn 'slacker's' pregnant"... though now that I'm reading it over again, I can see where it came off as ignorant to make such a generalized statement. I understand mistakes happen, there are certain scenarios that can't be avoided, but I think people who have had to take plan B now would NEVER use it as an "excuse" or an "I'm too lazy to use a condom I'll just get plan B". They use it because something happened that they weren't expecting or couldn't avoid it and need assistance in fixing the unavoidable mistake.(as you implied in your post) If you want to relate this back to school, its like the MSAF form (missed assignment form, you get one per class per year), rather than an "I was tired so I went to bed early" type of reasoning its an "something happened, and I don't want the rest of my grade to be affected because of it " You use it responsibly, and its always there as a back up option but you never abuse it (which MIGHT[not the big use of might] happen with plan .

I still stand by the original point of my post : plan B should be easily accessible as with all other birth control methods.

Honestly, make plan B readily available... but make all birth control readily available. Somehow plan b reminds me of the procrastinators in highschool. You know, the one's that came in the day of and said "oh crap, I completely forgot about that project can I just hand it in later". Sure the jobs done in the end, doesn't mean they've learned anything about responsibility and planning though.

That's beyond ignorant. You do know rape victims take Plan B, as well, right? Or some people don't realize that the condom failed 'til after they're finished, right? Some people even just like to not take a chance WHILE they used a perfectly working condom. There's different reasons. I suppose you yourself have never missed an assignment? Or maybe you've never forgotten your homework at home? Or had to take a hit on grade points to turn something in late? So quick to judge. Everyone makes mistakes...especially kids.

As for my stance on this, I think it should be available to anyone, anytime, but minors should be warned of the side effects. And remember, people...just because one person doesn't experience any side effects, doesn't mean that everyone will be side-effect free. Minors should be warned of the side effects, and be given explicit instructions on how to take it. I've taken it a few times, and I noticed the last time I took it, was very different from how I took it years ago.

I would certainly hope a rape victim would have immediately gone to the hospital for treatment, where she would be provided proper medical assistance.

I suppose I didn't consider the condom breaking though. But I never said in my post "Don't make it available, I want all these damn 'slacker's' pregnant"... though now that I'm reading it over again, I can see where it came off as ignorant to make such a generalized statement. I understand mistakes happen, there are certain scenarios that can't be avoided, but I think people who have had to take plan B now would NEVER use it as an "excuse" or an "I'm too lazy to use a condom I'll just get plan B". They use it because something happened that they weren't expecting or couldn't avoid it and need assistance in fixing the unavoidable mistake.(as you implied in your post) If you want to relate this back to school, its like the MSAF form (missed assignment form, you get one per class per year), rather than an "I was tired so I went to bed early" type of reasoning its an "something happened, and I don't want the rest of my grade to be affected because of it " You use it responsibly, and its always there as a back up option but you never abuse it (which MIGHT[not the big use of might] happen with plan .

I still stand by the original point of my post : plan B should be easily accessible as with all other birth control methods.

Eh, to me, it isn't even an issue of responsibility. I've had to use it before, and once was simply because I'm not too LAZY for contraceptives--I just don't like them. I honestly don't even see the point in people looking at Plan B as this horrible last resort. I don't like condoms, I don't like taking a pill every day, and I can't get my tubes tied. I don't see Plan B as evil. Do I use it every weekend? No. But even if I did, who cares? I just do not understand why people look down on it.