Posted on 03/26/2007 9:01:05 AM PDT by Sopater
Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, has launched a "pill patrol" campaign to make sure emergency contraception is available in every neighborhood in America.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter sales of Plan B emergency contraception for women 18 and older last August. But Planned Parenthood complains that not all pharmacies are stocking the drug.
"Every day in America, women are forced to play the lottery when they walk into their neighborhood pharmacies and ask for Plan B emergency contraception (EC)," Planned Parenthood said on its website.
The group is encouraging its supporters to contact pharmacies at Costco, Target, Wal-Mart, or Osco stores - because those four chains have not signed on to Planned Parenthood's policy of guaranteeing women access to emergency contraception - "without discrimination or delay."
Planned Parenthood argues that refusal to fill EC prescriptions is unacceptable and puts women's health at risk. "That's why we've asked you for help," the website says. "Working together, we'll make sure pharmacies change their policies so women are guaranteed access to EC."
The group is offering a list of questions for "secret shoppers" to ask, including the name of the person who answers the phone; whether that particular pharmacy sells emergency contraception (if not, why not); if the pills are available now; and if any of the pharmacists refuse to fill such prescriptions.
"The most important part of this campaign is reporting your findings," Planned Parenthood said.
Pro-life groups such as Concerned Women for America consider emergency contraception an abortifacient because it can prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus.
According to CWA, about half the states have laws providing some form of protection for health care professionals who conscientiously object to providing the morning-after pill.
STOPP International, another pro-life group, says Planned Parenthood's top goal for the next 25 years is to push its agenda of "promiscuous sex everywhere in our society."
It also accuses the group of covering up for rapists and child predators by giving those adults the means to prevent minors from getting pregnant.
STOPP International, a project of the American Life League, is waging a campaign to end taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood.
"Every day in America, women are forced to play the lottery when they walk into their neighborhood pharmacies and ask for Plan B emergency contraception (EC)," Planned Parenthood said on its website.Only because they choose to play Russian Roulette with their health and the lives of the innocent children they conceive.
Planned Parenthood argues that refusal to fill EC prescriptions is unacceptable and puts women's health at risk.Women are putting their own health at risk by engaging in risky behaviors. This is completely backwards thinking.
If it's Planned Parenthood's "policy" then only Planned parenthood is under obligation to follow it. By the way, what is Planned Parenthood's policy on "Negroes and other defectives"? Maybe that photo of Sanger and the KKK explains it.
Bring it on, wusses. The tide is our side. Prolife wave will wash your crap right outta town!
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"Forced"? How much of an idiot does one have to be to buy into this nonsense?
It would never occur to Planned Barrenhood that their customers should modify their behavior. But then again, they want to be "non judgmental". They should not receive a cent from the feds but then they have a billion dollar a year budget!
It doesn't ever occur to them that promiscuous sex is "playing the lottery" to begin with, does it? PP is evil and insane.
I think we need to pick our battles. Plan B does not cause an abortion - it's a contraception that prevents ovulation and does not affect a woman with an already-fertilized egg.
I am not sure if that is true. I believe that it also modifies the uterine lining to prevent implantation of an already fertilized ovum.
I believe you're right, that it does make the uterine lining a hostile environment for implantation. Preventing ovulation wouldn't be the "answer" to unprotected sex... it would be too late for that.
I wonder where they stand on Muslim grocery store clerks refusing to check out people who buy pork products?
It's no different than pharmacists who refuse to dispense death pills (well, obviously it IS different, but the principal used by both parties is the same: it's against their religious beliefs).
That's redundant when talking about leftist "thinking".
At the major intersection near where I live there is a place to obtain prescriptions on each corner, 2 drugstore/pharmacies and 2 supermarkets that fill prescriptions.
I suspect that there is no shortage of "alternate" pharmacies in any corner of this nation. If there is a demand for these macabre drugs, then competition will ensue.
I agree with you, in addition to this....just like every perv knows where a porn shop is.....every sexually active girl knows where to get the pill.
It works that way in rare cases - just like every form of hormone contraception. It's wrong, however, to say that it's "too late" to prevent ovulation after sex. You do need to act fast, though. That's what makes it emergency contraception, and why it's so important to have easy, local access to it.
"Plan B works through delaying or preventing ovulation, by interfering with fertilization (inhibiting the movement of the egg or the sperm through the fallopian tube), and may inhibit implantation by altering the lining of the uterus. It is not effective if the process of implantation has begun. Plan B will NOT cause a miscarriage...Pregnancies occurring despite treatment do not have an increased risk of adverse outcome."
quoted from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
You see, emergency contraception is actually not that effective! If taken after fertilization, it is, or is very close to, WORTHLESS, and poses adverse health risks. Aside from direct medical studies, this is borne out by the fact that abortion rates do not change at all with the availability of emergency contraception - most women take it far too late after intercourse to have the intended effect.
Abstinence (not merely its intent!) is obviously the most effective form of preventing pregnancy; barring that, continuous chemical contraceptive measures are 99.9% effective at preventing fertilization/ovulation, and have no effect on the uterine lining (so in the rare case that pregnancy still occurs, these pills are not responsible for a subsequent abortion via prevention of implantation).
And for all the parents out there that are putting all bets on abstinence for their children, your warnings unfortunately may have to be more explicit. There is a trend afoot in some groups of young women to preserve their "virginity" while engaging in non-vaginal sexual activity. I don't want to get into the gory details, but, aside from the ever present risks of venereal disease, pregnancy can still occur without vaginal penetration.
A terrible time to be a parent!
If plan B works only by preventing ovulation it would be pretty much worthless. Your supposed "rare case" is the usual case when pregnancy results.
And yet...that IS how it works. It's not hard to research this stuff. Effects on the uterine lining are so subtle that doctors aren't even in agreement that it changes anything. That's why the University of Illinois quote says "MAY inhibit implantation."
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