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Mediation over Plan B Controversy

Mediation over Plan B Controversy. By: Lisa Morgan. Background Info:. Plan B is used as an after-sex contraceptive used to prevent pregnancy. The law on Plan B currently states it must be sold behind a pharmacy counter with only individuals 17 or older eligible to purchase it. .

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Mediation over Plan B Controversy

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  1. Mediation over Plan B Controversy By: Lisa Morgan

  2. Background Info: • Plan B is used as an after-sex contraceptive used to prevent pregnancy. • The law on Plan B currently states it must be sold behind a pharmacy counter with only individuals 17 or older eligible to purchase it.

  3. Background Info (Continued): • In December of 2011, the FDA was planning to revoke the age restriction on the Plan B pill. Two studies were performed on young girls showing the pill was safe. • FDA was turned down. Obama’s decision was based on Kathleen Sebelius, his Secretary of Health and Human Services who overruled the FDA who wanted to make Plan B available for everyone.

  4. Argument Against Age of Consent • Supporters: Groups like public health and women’s rights advocates. • Believe that Obama and Sebelius decision was focused around politics rather than science. • Also, it’s seen as a barrier to women’s rights and untrusting towards the judgment of intelligent scientists.

  5. Argument Against Age of Consent (Continued) • According to FDA, Plan B can prevent pregnancy in three ways: by stopping the release of an egg from the ovary, by preventing the fertilization of an egg and by preventing a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterus” • Therefore, Plan B is NOT abortion. It cannot terminate a pregnancy if a girl is already pregnant. • The “abortion pill” is able to terminate pregnancy up to nine weeks after conception.

  6. Argument for Age of Consent • Supporters: Conservative and anti-abortion groups. • Sebelius believed there are huge differences in the behavioral and cognitive growth of a young child/adolescent compared to someone over the age of 17. • Law regarding age of consent does not mean parental consent. If girl under 17 has approval that it is safe from a doctor, she is able to purchase it.

  7. Argument for Age of Consent(continued) • Plan B has the possibility of preventing an early embryo from implanting in womb, which they see equivalent to abortion. • Not enough research/evidence to prove that it is safe enough to be an OTC drug available for anyone. • Plan B can cause many side effects for women including nausea, lower-abdominal pain, headaches, changes in woman’s menstrual cycle, and breast tenderness.

  8. MEDIATION • Thesis: **After researching both sides of this long debated controversy, I have come to the conclusion that President Obama made an educated decision about Plan B only being available for purchase by women over the age of 17.** • *Exception: If a young woman is responsible and receives a doctor’s approval, she is more than capable to use the pill.

  9. Support for Mediation • It takes much thought and maturity to choose to use Plan B. • Our society should be doing everything we can to withhold young children from having unprotected or dangerous sex. • Before the law regarding Plan B changes, there needs to be many more studies showing it is completely safe to be taken at any age. How will side effects affect young girls?

  10. Work Cited • Melnick, Meredith. “US Rejects FDA Advice to Sell Plan B One-Step Over the Counter.” Time: Healthland. Web. 7 December, 2011. • Adams, Jill. “A Look at the Plan B Pill Controversy.” Los Angeles Times. Web. 17 December, 2011. • Rettner, Rachel. “Morning-After Pill: Plan B Controversy Explained.” Yahoo! News. Web. 8December, 2011. • Stein, Rob. “Obama Administration Refuses to Relax Plan B Restrictions.” The Washington Post: National. Web. 7 December, 2011. • Mayberry, April. “Commentary on Plan B Controversy.” GXP Perspectives. Web. 28th December, 2011.

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