Comments on: Plan B Approved for 17-Year-Olds

By: Abbi

Abbi — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:20:23 +0000

I went with a friend to planned parenthood last year and it was 40

By: thatLisa

thatLisa — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:28:18 +0000

well… sort of

“Plan B works through delaying or preventing ovulation, by interfering with fertilization (inhibiting the movement of the egg or the sperm through the fallopian tube), and may inhibit implantation by altering the lining of the uterus.” (http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/Handouts/plan_b_contraception.html)

Mostly it prevents eggs from being released and tries to stop fertilization. It’s pretty much just like taking the bc pill. The pill also makes it harder from an egg to implant. So, really, if you think plan B is abortin-y, then so is the pill

By: thatLisa

thatLisa — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:15:51 +0000

well, your college friend is kind of being stupid. she should just go on the pill, then she doesn’t have to go buy plan b every time she has sex.

oh, and btw, if a boy refuses to wear condoms, I like to think of it as HE NEVER WEARS THEM aka probably ripe with disease. She better pray he is clean and not cheating on her.

By: thatLisa

thatLisa — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:13:38 +0000

I got it for free at planned parenthood like 2 years ago

By: Fartface 2.0

Fartface 2.0 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:55:34 +0000

Two friends were raped in one night? Do they live inside a prison or are they just ardent Lacrosse fans?

P.S. At $50 a pop – no pun intended – I hardly think people will be using this frequently as a “lazy birth control”. However, even if they did… so what. No one else’s business. Eff Off Patty

By: Tako

Tako — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:10:14 +0000

I totally agree with this pill, i have never taken it, but i think it’s a great idea.

By: N

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:49:40 +0000

I needed this once, in 1997. Information on it was hard to find, and I ended up going to an urgent care place. I’m pretty sure I had to get a prescription. I was surprised to find that they gave me a pack of birth control pills with instructions to take them over the course of the day. (As I said, information was hard to find!) It was not a very pleasant experience. They said it would cause nausea, and boy was that right!
Glad to see times have changed.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:16:23 +0000

Sex education in this country is terrible. Knowledge about this pill, including it’s function, benefits and risks, should be available to any woman who have to take it, for whatever reason. My best friend is studying pharmacology, and without her I never would have known it existed. It makes me feel safe to know that if I’m concerned about getting pregnant from a sexual encounter, consensual or otherwise, I have options that won’t leave me broke, emotionally or financially.

By: banksybitch

banksybitch — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:15:41 +0000

I don’t think that “Patty O’Green” meant that all use of plan B pills can be thought of as “lazy birth control”. Clearly your friends being rapped is completely different then two consenting adults not using condoms and purchasing plan B the next day. It’s horrible that your friends had to go through that and thank goodness plan B was there to help with part of the stress in dealing with and recovering from such an awful thing.
However, I think that “Patty O’Green” brings up a good point. I’m a senior in college and throughout the last 4 years I’ve witnessed a lot of my girlfriends take it on multiple occasions, sometimes really close to the previous time they took it. And we joke about how “thanks goodness it’s there to aid us the morning after a crazy night”. Now don’t get me wrong, I think it’s great how available it is and it can be bought without the stress of divulging your sexual history to a doctor before hand. I myself have taken in once myself, but I have to wonder about the effects of taking it multiple times can have on the body.
I honestly, can’t say I know, and as recently back on the singles scene I have full intention of practicing safe sex but there are always mistakes or scares. I intend to ask during my next gyno visit about it but I think this information should be more available. Maybe my friends and I have taken a more passive roll in knowing all about it and that should be rectified, however, I’m sure I’m not alone.
Hopefully as this pill becomes more popularized then it already is the information will too, especially for some women out there that I do believe use it as a quick fix instead of acting more responsible.
Peace and safe lovin’ ladies!

By: Jelephante

Jelephante — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:30:50 +0000

Two of my friends were raped, the same night, by different men.
They both took plan b- I don’t think you should be throwing around the term “Lazy Birth Control”,
I agree it should not be used as birth control, but if it wasn’t for that pill things might have turned out differently for them.