Morning-after pill will cause people to have sex, apparently

Blog For Free! Archives Home 2007 April 2005 February 2005 January 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2003 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September My Links My essay: The Immorality of Marriage The Onion SelectSmart Games to test your logic, faith, morality, and philosophical ideas! Tom Robbins Quotes Funny Name Analysis Bushisms Letters From the Earth by Mark Twain Why I Am Not A Christian by Bertrand Russell Life, Liberty, Logic Wasting My Time RedTigress's Blog Jimmytherighteous's Blog Octo6er's Blog Nivek's Blog Magicjoejoe's Blog Littlemrmahatma's Blog Kurtmaddox's Blog Winstonsmith's Blog Drforbush's Blog Juniperflux's Blog Iron Blog Religion! tBlog My Profile Send tMail My tFriends My Images Sponsored Blog Bookmark this site!

Morning-after pill will cause people to have sex, apparently 12.30.03 (10:55 pm)   [edit] A lovely article by Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council in Washington. [i]The recommendation of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panels this month to allow the morning-after pill to be sold over the counter is not supported by medical facts and may very well bring about devastating consequences. Granting the morning-after pill over-the-counter status will lead women and young girls to think the drug poses no greater threat than other medicines available without a prescription. But the morning-after pill is not "just another contraceptive," and even a passing glance at the facts is sufficient to prove it does not belong on the same shelf as Tylenol and baby aspirin. Women taking a regular-strength birth control pill generally meet with their physician at least once per year because the drug has been linked to fatal conditions such as heart attack, stroke and breast cancer. The morning-after pill is 40 times stronger than regular birth control, and it therefore poses an even greater risk of causing dangerous side effects in women and girls who take the drug unsupervised. Additionally, rather than prevent pregnancy, this pill may act as a drug-induced abortion, which would kill an already-developing human life. The dangerous impact of the morning-after pill will be felt especially by teen girls, who have little if any grasp of their own medical histories and who will see the drug's easy availability as a license to have promiscuous sex without the chance of getting pregnant. This false sense of security may lead some girls to take the pill frequently, though there have been no clinical studies on its long-term effects. As a culture, we're clearly confused. We go out of our way to keep cigarettes out of the hands of teenagers, but this policy would make the morning-after pill the new Saturday night party favor of choice. Supporters say the FDA's decision will reduce the number of abortions. We say you're giving people another false hope that there are no consequences to one-night stands and promiscuous behavior. There are. The Bush administration must get the FDA back on the track of protecting health rather than pushing the pet projects of Planned Parenthood & Co.[/i] [LINE]Allow me to release my inner feminist for a moment. I love it when men insinuate that women are not capable of making decisions regarding their health, or refraining from promiscuity when given the option of a morning-after pill that requires no prescription. I find it humorous when a man states that making such a pill more easily accessible will result in a false sense of security, as though we understand the fact that it is available without a prescription to mean that there are no side effects. All contraceptives (for women) have side effects and I'm pretty sure just about everyone would recognize that fact. It is also highly offensive to suggest that this pill will lead to greater promiscuity. As the article says, there are consequences of promiscuity. This pill does not eliminate those consequences; it only provides an alternative to unwanted pregnancy (which, I might add, results in a decline in the frequency of abortions). Maybe there will be some people who will see this as an opportunity to disregard the necessity to be responsible, and maybe there will be people who abuse this drug as well. But we can't prevent that (unless we enforce a ton (more) of ridiculous laws entirely limiting the individual liberties we all desire and deserve); all we can do is provide information on the product, which I'm sure the FDA will do. As a female (who typically is not at all a feminist, by the way), I resent the assertion made by Mr. Perkins and many others who seem to think that the availability of the morning-after pill will lead people to have sex, misuse the pill, and "bring about devastating consequences."   posted by: whoisjohngalt (reply) post date: 12.30.03 (8:44 pm) I can't help but think that we have a generation that is really upset that the younger generations are actually able to enjoy their youth... ;) Also, this guy clearly is without any credibility: "policy would make the morning-after pill the new Saturday night party favor of choice." Saturday? See, any young person would realize you'd need this Sunday morning. It's the "Morning AFTER" pill, not the "Right after sex [which would still make it, most likely, an early Sunday morning] pill, dumbass! ;) On a more serious note, I love how he (and thus the Family Research Council) noted that "Additionally...which would kill an already developing human life." As if that's not the raison d'etre of this announcement. All the FRC is really concerned about is the woman's health, you see? I also drive a Lamborghini. It's red. posted by: DragonBait22 (reply) post date: 12.30.03 (9:15 pm) Reply to: evenerual Yeah, I'm sure there are a lot of stupid teens who will potentially misuse this pill, but that doesn't mean it should be unavailable to all because of some misuse- if that were the case, very few things would be available to us. :) posted by: DragonBait22 (reply) post date: 12.30.03 (9:20 pm) Reply to: whoisjohngalt "we have a generation that is really upset that the younger generations are actually able to enjoy their youth" You may be on to something there. Really, I think the issue is basically about morality and so many people seem to think that sex is immoral, unless it is between a married couple. Morals are relative though, so if someone wants to live under those morals, good for them, but that's not a legitimate argument. I don't know, maybe the morning-after pill will become the "new Saturday night party favor of choice." That way you know you can go have carefree sex. See, that's planning ahead- and I'm sure that's exactly what the majority of people will do now that they can get the pill without a prescription. And yeah, I'm pretty sure the major concern of the FRC is the potential to claim that this is a forced abortion. Which is a rather faulty claim considering the morning-after pill is a contraceptive- meaning it prevents conception. "I also drive a Lamborghini. It's red." Nice. posted by: bobcat0116 (reply) post date: 01.05.04 (7:36 pm) Life begins at conception, and sex should be saved till marriage. There are no "well I believe blah blah blah"'s about it. Thats they way God created the earth and those are His guidelines. posted by: DragonBait22 (reply) post date: 01.05.04 (8:27 pm) Reply to: bobcat0116 "Thats they way God created the earth and those are His guidelines." According to you/anyone who believes in that. It is impossible to prove that God in fact exists, so it is an unproductive argument to state that there can be no other opinions than those in agreement with the guidelines set forth by this supposed God (although which God's guidelines we're talking about depends on the many differing religious views of the world). Where life starts is debatable- you say conception, others would say fertilization, still others would say life doesn't start until the baby is born. "sex should be saved till marriage." Again, that's just your opinion and it is debatable. Personally, I don't believe in marriage. Differing opinions are valid because we have free will and the capacity to think for ourselves. Your Name: Your Comment:

"Tragically, a nation that was created by intellectuals and visionaries has now been completely taken over by venal corporate gangsters, delusional Christian fruitcakes and hopelessly shallow Texas shit-kickers." -Tom Robbins