It's the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Surprisingly, the Japanese admiral who masterminded it didn't want to go to war in the first place.
Brick by brick, wall by wall, they freed dropped the death penalty on Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Occupiers succesfully "liberate" a forclosed house in Brooklyn.
U.S. health official overrules her own experts on the morning-after pill.
Four words that should never, never, never go together: Justin Bieber steampunk Christmas.
Four words that go suprisingly well together: DIY animatronic firebreathing pony.
Wrap your presents in hamburger.
BP says Halliburton destroyed evidence that makes them culpable in the Gulf oil spill.
Procatinator is your new best friend. Or it's trying to kill you. Whatever.
Former Albuquerque Pride director is headed to the White House.
Snapshots from Nick Brown's kids' school science fair.
Salvador Disney and other films that actually happened.
What the Interwebs were atwitter about in 2011.
There's a vaccine for Ebola now.
Albuquerque thieves are after your toilet paper.
Florida thieves are after a romantic dinner at home.
Thanks to E.J., Nick and Sarah for the links!
If this pill were allowed to be OTC I could envision a lot of (naive) young girls using it regularly as birth control. Like after every time they had sex. (potentially daily) Which of course, could really screw up their system.
That's my reasoning for why it shouldn't be OTC.
Anyone agree with my logic?
it appears that was basically her argument as well.
Kinda like how kids start having sex all the time when they get unrestricted access to birth control.
Those 13 year old girls are too naive to use easier (and far less expensive) contraception like condoms or the pill, but I'm sure they'll be great at raising all those children they're going to have.
Proof that steampunk is played out, and has been for a while.
And educate everyone about their proper uses, side effects, hazards, etc.
daily, anyway? Aren't they about $40 each?
And if that's still legitimately a concern, wouldn't a warning on/in the box suffice?
I thought we were all still practicing abstinence.
That's a stronger deterrent for dumb young girls not overusing the the MAP.
Just because we want to curb teen pregnancy does not mean we should give them easy access to a potentially dangerous pill.
We can't delude ourselves into thinking we're going to educate them on the harmful effects of overuse of the MAP when we can't educate them on the basics of sex ed.
And it isn't easier to use condoms and bc pill than it would be to use OTC MAP. You have to get a prescription for the pill. And you have to force the guy to wear a condom (no easy task).
IF they were to make MAP OTC then I think I would have to agree they should go ahead and make the regular pill OTC. In fact, they should offer the regular pill OTC before the MAP.
And please note I am in no way arguing that access to bc encourages kids to have sex that they otherwise wouldn't have. Hormones and peer pressure make kids have sex.
In fact, they should offer the regular pill OTC before the MAP
Why don't they do that, anyways? It seems a little ass backwards for a potentially dangerous, emergency-only option to be OTC when plain old birth control is not.
they should offer the regular pill OTC before the MAP.
I am not a doctor, and non-doctors' inability to make informed medical judgments is sort of the whole point I'm about to make, but...
Look at the the risks and side effects, particularly contraindications, for the pill vs MAP. To my untrained eye, at least, taking the pill without talking to a doctor looks more dangerous than taking MAP without talking to a doctor.
was regarding prolonged use of the MAP, which could potentially take a nasty toll on the reproductive system/entire body. From what I'm finding, that could just be a lot of speculation or smoke-and-mirrors, but it's something to consider.
the daily, preventive pill can have extensive side effects. I've known lots of women who have no trouble at all with it. I've known others who get their periods for a month or experience drastic personality/energy level shifts.
It just depends on the pill. The trick is figuring out how your body interacts with different hormone levels and which birth control method is right for you.
p.s. A condom does none of those things. But dudes are often finicky about them and so want their GF to alter her body chemistry instead.
The morning after pill, by contrast, can draw up some short-term side effects. But they're usually temporary. In my experience, the daily pill is a bear when used as intended, and the MAP is pretty mild when used as intended.
So maybe both OTC with an age limit? 18+?
That sounds like a fair proposal. Since the initial concern in this string of posts was young girls who may not have the rational decision/consequence abilities to take the MAP as directed.
