» Time for Plan C: The manufacturer of the drug, Teva Women’s Health (unrelated to the sandal manufacturer), had requested FDA approval to allow unrestricted, over-the-counter sale of Plan B One-Step (currently, girls below the age of 17 must obtain a prescription before purchasing the drug). The FDA approved it, but Sebelius, citing “significant cognitive and behavioral differences between older adolescent girls and the youngest girls of reproductive age,” ordered the FDA to revoke its approval.
Obviously the “significant cognitive and behavioral differences between older adolescent girls and the youngest girls of reproductive age” are the EXACT REASONS why it should be available to girls seventeen and under. A sixteen year old is just as likely to get blackout drunk and not use a condom as an eighteen year old is. Not that drunken unprotected sex a good thing, either. Before I get started ranting about responsibility and equality, I’ll just stop now.
^what she said. and that doesn’t even include instances beyond a girl’s control, such as rape. stuff like this makes me lose faith in humanity. i think i’m even a little angry right now. /=
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