December 07, 2006
Somehow, Men Are Responsible For This
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Plan B used to only be available with a prescription, but a recent FDA ruling cleared the pill for over-the-counter sales. Pro-life groups -- clergy, lay people and high school kids -- picketed outside the Planned Parenthood administrative offices in Buxco, as well as a few of the 'Hood's locations in Lower Bucks. Anti-abortion are against the pill -- which is just a higher dose of regular contraceptive -- because it.. uh.. could stop someone from having an abortion, or something.
The giveaway happened in Delaware, too, where pro-life activists also boycotted:
Moira Sheridan, president of Delaware Right to Life, said men will use Plan B to help convince females to have unprotected sex. "Sexually irresponsible men can very easily slip it to women, and it's something they can use to their advantage," she said.
Slip it to them? Like into their drink or something? Damn, we're assholes. Er.
Easing of rules on Plan B draws fresh divisions [The News-Journal]
Bucks clinics distribute free morning-after pills [Bucks County Courier Times]
Posted by D-Mac on December 7, 2006 12:40 PM
Posted to Bucks County
, Delaware
, Plan B
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At first I thought she said "slip it in women," which I thought was referring to, y'know, doin' it, hur hur. I could envision the scene...
"Hey, that's a great dress. It would look great crumpled on my floor with my cat sleeping on it."
"Get away from me you pig."
"Wait, I have this pill that prevents you from having babies."
"I'm going commando. Let's head to a bathroom stall."
Posted by: ChrisV82 at December 7, 2006 04:23 PM
Chris: Yeah, I thought of that, too. I just didn't have the heart.
I also thought "use it to their advantage" was some sort of Pro Wrestling reference, like, "OH NO! HE'S GOT THE PLAN B PILL! THAT'S THE UNDERTAKER'S MUSIC! NOOOOO!" followed by the man hitting the woman over the head with a folding chair and putting her in a figure four.
Posted by: Michael at December 8, 2006 11:24 AM
Wait a second. I'm interested in how that scenario would go down, exactly. I can see slipping it to a woman after we've had sex, but how is slipping it to them going to help me convinced them to have unprotected sex with me? At what point do I either covertly make them ingest it? Or do they mean that I put it out on the table and say "Hey, here's this pill, let's take it and do it, and by 'let's,' I mean 'you,' and by 'do it,' I mean 'have sex'?" That's not slipping it. That's giving it. Or rather, coercing women into taking it. Somebody's confused, here, and on multiple levels.
And insert the obvious "but-18-year-olds-can-vote/buy smokes/join-the-army" argument here.
Posted by: Michael at December 7, 2006 01:00 PM