The Plan B Pill # 5

In the year 2003, the Food And Drug Administration approved a pill to help stop women from being pregnant. When this pill first arrived on the scene women had to have a written prescription for it now it has become so popular you can get it behind the counter. I do not agree with getting the pill behind the counter because to me it is sending the wrong message to younger adult and teenage girls. The message is simply saying it is ok to have unprotected sex if you become pregnant you dont have to go to the doctor any more you can just go to your local CVS or Walgreens pharmacies and get a pill to make you menstrail period come on. This message is letting kids have sex with out their parents even noticing because they can get the pill easly if they are over the age eighteen. Todays teens are smart they will get a friend or a close family member to get the pill for them if they are not of age. This pill's message is just as negative as the cigarette messages on television. Today this pill is so popular among college campuses world wide it even has a nick name known as, "college candy" to me this is sad these girls are taking this so much and not seeing the real risks they are putting them selves in. These kids are abusing this drug i think they should go back to when the pill first arrived on the scene and let the doctor prescribe it there for parents can know whats going on with their teen daughters and the girls could be counseled about taking the madication and the risks of it if they take it to much. With doctors writing prescriptions for this medication the girls also can get checked for any diseases form having sex along with being checked for pregnancy. I think they law should change back and let the doctors prescribe this medication because if the young girls can get it behind the counter by a friend or a older family member they will not go get checked for other diseases they will be worried about being pregnant and what would their parents think or say to them. I think changing the law was wrong and unethical this may cause more harm than good. These kids might be thinking they are freeing themselves from being pregnant but who knows what other diseases that might of occured from having unprotected sex. I say put the drugs back into the doctors hands and let them prescribe it there for the teens can get checked for other diseases and parents can know whats going on with their children.