The morning after pill. Should it be available to all women?
By dutchess67
@dutchess67 (917)
United States
January 22, 2008 10:57am CST
I recently read a post on abortion and submitted a question of my own on the topic, but it raise a whole plethora of other questions for me.
Certainly, as my life stands at the moment, abortion is not a consideration for me. I would love to find myself pregnant and, quite honestly, my fiance and I keep hoping that it will happen soon. However, there are circumstances for some women where they wouldn't want to become pregnant and, quite frankly, many of them likely shouldn't!
I've heard about the morning after pill. I don't know what the laws are presently in regards to this medication, but I'm wondering what others think about it. Should the morning after pill be an option for women who might have made a drunken mistake? What about a women that may have been raped or sexually abused?
Should such a pill be made available?
3 responses
@highflyingxangel (9225)
• United States
22 Jan 08
Of course the pill should be available for everyone. The pill is there for a reason. Things happen, protection doesn't always work, rape and other forms of abuse happen, so why should we only restrict the pill to certain people when not every person wants a child and cannot really care for a child? Isn't protection of some sort better than bringing a child into the world that is just going to be given up for adoption and pushed through the foster care system?
@dutchess67 (917)
• United States
22 Jan 08
That's a very good point. And you're right, bringing unwanted children into the world when there are already so many needing good homes isn't right either.
Thank you!
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
22 Jan 08
I really do not think their are any laws in place for the pill. Anyone can walk into an abortion clinic and have the pill prescribed to them. Should everyone have it? Yes. If you would limit the use of the pill, then you would have to limit who can have an abortion. Is it right? Who really knows. The people who are going to get the pill are those that can afford it. The pill costs more than getting an abortion, but the whole thing is done privately. The experience can be pretty bad as you are inducing a miscarriage.
@charmed44903 (109)
• United States
22 Jan 08
yes i do because it is not baby yet not in the egg and it is not killing of baby just sperm lol. So i think this is much better way then killing a baby just stop the sperm before it gets to the baby making part lol
