RU-486 Approved?

August 31st, 2006 at 1:09 am by Mark Steel
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     Read/watched/listened to a videoblog earlier today … and … well … OK, here it is….

Really, there’s so much unnecessary opposition against under age purchasing of the Morning-After pill which raises this question: is it really any different than other forms of contraception? So, should condoms and spermicide require proof of age too? Opposers would certainly say yes. Back in the day, when I was under the legal drinking age, kids would just pay an older friend to do a beer run to the liquor store. It’s safe to say that under age teens today will take a similar plan C approach to getting Plan B at their local CVS.

And in a related outrageous reproduction rights topic, many far right-winged pharmacists have regressed back to our country’s puritanical roots and are not filling prescriptions for birth control and the morning-after pill. The reason why? They simply don’t believe in it.

According to Alan Sonfield of the Alan Guttmacher Institute in New York

“there are pharmacists who mistakenly believe contraception is a form of abortion and refuse to prescribe it to anyone.”

Wow, talk about misinformed. How in the hell did these people graduate from pharmacy school if they can’t identify the difference between contraception and an abortion? Reportedly, some pharmacists are going even as far as to hold prescriptions hostage refusing to transfer them to other pharmacies to be filled when time is of the essence, especially for the morning-after pill.

     What the author, Michelle Coudon, misses is the fact that … okay, watch the video again.  Note her pauses.  She’s a very poor actress.

     My problem isn’t that she’s a poor actress … It’s not politics …. It’s not religion …  It’s not a lot of things.
     But those pauses…

     My problem is that *if* this drug is actually effective and reasonably accesible to everyone, it still doesn’t protect a damn person from Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
     Why the Hell should anyone, in this day and age, take a pill as Contraception when there are so many NASTY diseases running around?
     I mean, without Marriage, yadda-yadda, anyway.

     Well, hey … Even though I think l’il’ Michelle is hot enough to take the bed on a round-trip around the room, I still wouldn’t do her even if she promised to take “Plan B” — not without a “Plan A.”  Apparently, “Plan A” (wearing a condom) wasn’t good enough for her in the past or present.
     Quite honestly, even considering “Plan Pre-A,” (not sleeping with them AT ALL) I’ve had my fill of nutso psychobitches who think I’m their baby-daddy.

     Hot as you are, sorry, dear, but you’re full of shit if you think Contraception, these days, is only about birth control.  It’s no wonder Pharmacists don’t want to approve it for widespread use.

     Some things you just can’t wash off.

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7 Responses to “RU-486 Approved?”

  1. Susan Says:

    Well… I guess if they are that maniacal… and hold the ’scrip…. I guess they could and should be sued for child support if the woman gets pregnant… or hell… even better…  Should the pharmisist be made to take charge of unwanted child… there are 500,000 children that go to bed every night with out a family or home…. If they want to take that kind of control… they should suffer the outcome of their desisions.

    Play god…. be responsible for your actions.

  2. Sam Kelter Says:

    Apparently this girl can’t tell the diffence between herpes and venereal wart. Guess I better show her.

  3. Swanky Says:

    The broader issue is with those who are the victim of rape or incest who are being denied access to this pill which could prevent a very unwanted pregnancy. A pregnancy that might well be aborted! This pill prevents abortion, it does not cause it!

  4. Mark Says:

    All *those* cases have to do is go to the hospital.

  5. howard Says:

    I don’t know what delays you’re talking about, but besides that I don’t get the feeling that she’s condoning unsafe sex. You make it sound like she’s suggesting that people should be going around having unprotected sex and such. Actually, at the bottom of the the transcript, there is even a mention to that effect.

  6. Michelle Says:

    Mark, in response to your review of my vlog it’s apparent to me that you have taken it completely out of context. Nowhere in it’s context do I promote unsafe sex practices. This vlog was in direct response to Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s ignorant, emotional outburst on “The View”. BTW, the Morning-After pill is NOT RU-486. It’s meant to prevent having to take that step should Plan A fail.

    And you mention nothing about the other core issue of the video: U.S. pharmacists refusing to to fill birth control medications!!!

    You make a lot of nasty personal accusations and yet didn’t have the guts to post your thoughts on our website. The least you do is provide a link to the video for your readers to be fully informed and the context of the video and come to a bias of their own. It will be very interesting to see if you approve this response on your website.

  7. Michelle Says:

    Mark, on another note. Yes, I do see the link at the very top but you selectively provide only part of the transcript. I would like to get your opinion on Pharmacists “Rights”.

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