Sunday, January 1, 2012
Plan B - One Step
Plan B One Step is a morning after pill to pervent the risk of becoming pregnant once having unprotected sex. President Obama defended his adminstration to block the sales of Plan B (morning after pill) saying "Its common sense" parenting choice, even as women’s rights. Although the decision, was announced by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, said that allowing the FDA ruling to stand could potentially have been more politically damaging for Obama if he was portrayed as giving teenage girls access to the morning-after pill. Obama, appearing in a meeting saying he was not involved in the decision to give prescriptions for girls 16 and younger before it was announced, leaving it up to Sebelius. He added, “As the father of two daughters, I think it is important for us to make sure that we apply some common sense to various rules when it comes to over-the-counter medicine.”And as I understand it, the reason Kathleen made this decision was she could not be confident that a 10-year-old or an 11-year-old, going to drugstore, should be able, alongside bubble gum or batteries, be able to buy a medication that potentially if not used properly could end up having an adverse effect,” Obama said. “And I think most parents would probably feel the same way.” But for now the selling of Plan B over-the-counter is still being talked about upon administrations.
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So what do you think of Obama's decision to keep the restrictions in place? Do you think teenagers should be able to purchase it without a prescription?
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