re: #1 imp_62

While I can understand where you are coming from, I am concerned with some of what you seem to be presenting as reasons for why Plan B should not be totally OTC.

You seems to be implying that it would result in an increase in unsafe sex or young women being pressured into unsafe sexual conduct. There may be some small bit of truth to this, but I’d counter that many young women in that age range either are going to be feeling pressured into it anyway or will not be able to afford Plan B OTC without an adult.

Additionally, can’t pretty much the same thing be said about the pill or condoms or any other method of contraception? Or abortion? This type of reasoning tends to, at best, walk the line of the anti-abortion, anti-contraception view of punishment/leaving pregnancy there as a risk to deter sexual activity. Young women had unprotected sex before Plan B and making it harder for them to get it won’t stop that.

Finally, and this is part of what ggt was mainly highlighting, forcing Plan B to be behind the counter and require an ID makes it harder for women 17+ to get access to it, since they need an ID to avoid needing a prescription. It also means being forced to deal with a strange pharmacist or pharmacy tech at a critical time, which isn’t exactly the easier thing to do.