Reply #34: I have mixed feelings about this.... [View All]

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My druthers would be to have it distruted under the supervision of a physician or pharmacist. That way a school nurse, etc could distribute it, or a pharmacist using under the counter.

Maybe in time it could go to true OTC, but I am concerned about the potential for abuse. Although BC is relatively benign, it is not harmless, and this WILL be used as a birth control pill substitute.

Hopefully by requiring some sort of counseling (pharm, doctor, nurse, etc.) we could eliminate the worst of it.

I would be strongly against issuing it to people under 16 w/o the above. In most states, someone under 16 who is having sex is being raped. They don't have the legal ability to consent to sex, and to have it completely unreported is setting them up for continuing problems. I have dealt with too many abused children to not use every possible means to help them.