Plan B "Morning-After" Pill
There is controversy surrounding the approval of making the Plan B contraceptive, referred to as the "Morning-After" pill, available over the counter.
The conservatives want it banned, the liberals want it approved. Of course.
I for one am for making it readily available. I believe it will cut down on the number of abortions and unwanted pregnancies. And we sell other contraceptives over the counter; why not this one?
Thoughts?
The conservatives want it banned, the liberals want it approved. Of course.
I for one am for making it readily available. I believe it will cut down on the number of abortions and unwanted pregnancies. And we sell other contraceptives over the counter; why not this one?
Thoughts?
posted by Anonymous at 5/26/2006 08:26:00 AM
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I think the controversy stems from the feeling that the "morning after" pill is the same thing as abortion.
The theory goes: A girl gets pregnant, takes a pill, the 4-hour old baby dies.
Personally, it sounds like abortion to me. I have the same feelings about it as abortion. If a woman would rather kill her baby than take responsibility for her actions, that's her decision. She probably wouldn't have been a good mother anyways.
As far as it's distribution, though, I don't care if it's available by perscription, over-the-counter, or in vending machines in bathroom stalls. People need to make their own (educated) decision.
Well, there definately is a question about when a baby becomes a baby, and at what point it becomes wrong to terminate it's life.
I think it ultimately becomes a personal choice/opinion influenced by what medical knowledge we have and what bias that knowledge has.
Personally, I wouldn't want to take the risk.
I for one will continue to battle for banning abortion. Yes it is a woman's body, and that is used as the rallying cry to keep it legal. Do you want the government to take away your God-given freedom?
We don't believe in complete freedom in our country. We never have, we never will, and never should. Our government believes in freedom to a point. When you really think about it, we believe that most peole are smart enough to make decisions for themselves--except on a few issues. When it comes to illegal substances for example, the stance is: We don't care how smart, or how reckless you are, you can not do this to yourself LEGALLY.
When you are affecting another person's freedoms then the law is much more clear. In every instance it becomes criminal. Murder, stealing, assault and battery, slander, rape, kidnapping, smoking indoors-all of these interfere with the choice of another to do what they want with their own body. I won't try to argue spiritually, but allow me one thing: isn't abortion interfering with an incoming spirit's right to exercise their freedom?
It's really backwards when you think that a man can be charged with two murder charges if he kills a pregnant woman, but if she kills her own unborn fetus then it's a personal freedom. Wow. I can't tell you how messed up that is. Yes it is "killing" even though it's a fetus.
I know, I know. It's not a MATURE human being yet. That has never mattered in our justice system. Another ploy to mask what is really at issue. If I'm in a National Park and rip out a rare flower when it is barely sprouted, I'm charged with destroying a mature protected flower. If I creep into a mink farm and startle the minks that have yet to give birth and they naturally abort their young, I am held responsible for the monetary sum of all those mature mink coats.
Now, make the argument that there would be more teen suicides and illegal abortions with it banned. True. What I'm about to say sounds really harsh, but it's a simplification and it's a truth. You honestly have to say to yourself what is worse to you: about one million abortions a year when those children could have gone to welcoming foster families, or an increase above the 30,000-40,000 suicides a year we have, of which I can't find a number stating how many of those suicides were caused by pregnancy stress? 1,000,000, or 40,000? Tough choice.
Throw figures at me from such and such journal about the evil of religion robbing women of their sacred right. I've heard them all before. Nothing changes the fact of the matter. If you have to soften the name of something to make it sound better, you know deep down that it's not the best choice. Abortion = ripping out a potential human being from their mother's body. Pro-choice = anti-responsibility.
My entire existence, real or political, does not hinge on this one point, but I feel so strongly about it. Excuse me for thinking that people should live with their choices.
Sam, why don't you really tell us how you feel?
I agree with everything you've said about abortion being murder. It's a very tough arguement because both sides can be "right", but nobody wins. Murder is bad! Taking away freedoms is bad!
You said "isn't abortion interfering with an incoming spirit's right to exercise their freedom?". I think part of the arguement is about at what point the baby has rights. It would seem that some think it only has rights after it is born.
For me the major conflict is: Do I allow people to make the choice, or do I allow the government? Personally I would rather allow people to make the choice. You mentioned drugs, and I believe it is the same issue. What choices should a person be able to make, and what choices should the government make for them?
If this pill is Plan B, what is Plan A?
You could change the law and ban abortion. This would make all those against abortion feel better and think they solved a problem. Doing the opposite of something is not solving a problem. I think if people really are against abortion they would do things to help those who are faced with that choice. Education, better prevention, I don't really know but in my opinion banning abortion won't mean abortions don't happen.
I think this is one of those topics that there isnt a right or wrong to. Just opinions and beliefs. I dont think God would approve of it and so I dont either, however I do believe that if people are convinced they dont have to deal with their bad choices they will find a way to get out of it. So maybe it doesnt matter what is legal and what is not... they will find a way to get rid of a baby if they are determinded enough. So me personally I dont agree with it, but maybe its easy for me to say cause I know I will never have to be faced with that problem. If I were a single girl who got drunk and had sex or got raped, maybe I'd feel different, I am not to say I wouldnt feel differently... but I guess what I am trying to say is its easy for me to say I am against any kind of abortion because I know I will never regret getting pregnant or have to deal with it alone because my life is safe.
Next topic: Gun Control. Ha.
But seriously, when your child can recognize your voice so quickly and has such a strong bond, espescially with the mother; you have to stop and think, yes there ...........wait where am I going with this? Well kinda what Jake and others have said, its super debate and always will be just like gun control and capital punishment. Sam, made good points, long good points, but good ones. I liked the double homicide bit. I love little kids, espescially mine, and they deserve the best, I think every mother faced with that decision and decides to abort will feel awful, at least the first time, or unless they don't have a soul.....again..where am I going with this, HA. Its hard not to bring religion into it Sam and most of our emotions will pull from that. Now...
on to gun control.
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Guns are easy:
Guns don't kill people, people kill people, and monkeys do too (if they have a gun).
- Eddie Izzard
I deleted last comment, because I misquoted.
First off, thanks for hearing me out everyone. It's a tough subject and you've all given me food for thought.
For me, banning abortion WILL solve the problem. The problem is that a million unborn children are never getting a chance at life. That's the problem. It won't solve the SOURCE of the problem, but education can only help with that. "If I want to make stupid choices, I'll make stupid choices AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME!" Ban it, and less will take place, that's fact. Illegal abortions will continue, but FAR less will happen.
Disagree with me, I'm cool with that. Just don't dismiss me as a close-minded, uncompassionate, unrealistic, right-wing, religious zealot or any combination of those terms. That seems to be the standard attack on people who want to ban abortion.
But does banning abortion necessarily mean it will end? I think the answer to that is hard to say. I think that I would rather it be done by a professional, and read about the shot. Than to open the paper everyday and read about how some woman just started punching herself in the stomach, until the same result occured.
My other point is that girls that are out getting pregnant are not the prettiest, or most popular girls in school. (Though some are.) Most lack self esteem, and don't really participate in a group setting, or have good friends. What I'm getting at is you ban abortion, and the barrel of a gun becomes pretty inviting. So does it solve the problem or just create more? People will still do what they "believe" to be right.
The issue at hand here is not about abortion, though it turned into that. (I liked what everyone said.) The issue here is a pill that works like a condom. The condom is plan A. But what if the condom breaks, and you don't want that drunk, frat kids young un? What then? The pill is plan B, it protects the egg from being fertilized at all. It doesn't kill the egg, or even the sperm. It just prevents conception at all, just like that thin sheath of rubber. So why not have it over the counter? Why not have it readily accessible to those in need. I am all for it. I don't want more drunk frat kids in this world after all.
An that is my two cents, good night and good luck.
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