Ohio op-ed says give teens EC
Check out this op-ed in Ohio’s The Enquirer, Let teens use emergency contraception.
Becki Brenner, president and chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood's Southwest Ohio Region, says that teens “need accurate information and timely access to a medication that will safely and easily protect them from childbearing at an early age.”
Achieving over-the-counter access to Plan B is a major victory for women's health and the effort to prevent unintended pregnancy. It is impossible to overstate the tremendous importance of this banner achievement.
Women who have been the victims of rape or incest, or whose birth control method may have failed, now have a second chance to control their own lives.
But the FDA, under political pressure, excluded this access to teens 17 years old and younger. Plan B has been proven a safe and effective way to reduce unintended pregnancies and abortions among all women, including teens.
The U.S. has the highest rate of teen pregnancy among industrialized nations. Shouldn't we be doing all we can to make sure that teens have access to emergency contraception?
Women who have been the victims of rape or incest, or whose birth control method may have failed, now have a second chance to control their own lives.
But the FDA, under political pressure, excluded this access to teens 17 years old and younger. Plan B has been proven a safe and effective way to reduce unintended pregnancies and abortions among all women, including teens.
The U.S. has the highest rate of teen pregnancy among industrialized nations. Shouldn't we be doing all we can to make sure that teens have access to emergency contraception?
Yup. But what to do when conservative forces think that EC will make girls promiscuous? It’s ridiculous logic, but it’s something that resonates with parents. Thoughts?
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The press in not so favorable in the UK this week. I have a post looking at last week's EC editorial in the British Medical Journal:
Emergency Contraception Overreaction