If you have any kind of cancer history in your family with the women I would suggest getting some counseling at Planned Parenthood first regarding the best kind of birth control for you and then going to get your free prescription. If you have estrogen fed cancer in your family the amount of hormones you take really do matter
Isn’t it better than women having a bunch of babies they don’t want, so they leave them places or do who-knows-what to them? Responsible people will go to the doctor first for their annual exam, anyway. This is for the irresponsible ones who never go to the doctor.
**updated to clarify the doctor visit *** this does not refer to people in once-in-a-lifetime emergency situations California pharmacists birth control
Potentially, the really cool thing about this is that pharmacists actually know what the cost of the BC pills are to the patient, so women can actually ask about costs and benefits of BC choices to someone can actually answer them. That could become a big change in the medical system, only limited by the fact that insurance companies want to peek inside your uterus too before you can get the pills you want. [OK, OK, not literally, but there’s been a lot of issues getting insurance coverage for new formulations of low-dose contraceptives; hopefully pharmacists are up to speed on those issues, too, as they’re the first to see the insurers squawk.]
I like the idea that maybe this will help the birth rate. With so many defects and syndroms and diseases on the rise, as well as considering how many babies grow up through the system due to being rejected , or neglected, and how much craziness is going on in the world today – do we really need more babies?
Not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, yeah, I suppose it will help prevent kids who aren’t ready to have kids from having babies. (150 years ago younger people having kids was fine because, truthfully, they were trained since birth to BE parents. But today? A 13-15 year old today is the mental equivalent of a 7 year old in the 1800s. It’s our fault, really. By treating them like precious little babies all of their lives, we haven’t focused on teaching them the right things. That’s why they have NO survival and parenting skills by the time their bodies are able to have kids)
On the OTHER hand, by making birth controls available to people of any age, it’s pretty much setting parents and kids up for responsibility lawsuits and jail time for the *other* kid. What I mean is that, if the states give permission to kids to have sex by supplying them with something they know will cut the risks, the parents of the other person can be blamed for what their child engaged in, and the kid can as well, possibly even facing juvie. After all, the age of consent in most states still IS 17-18, isn’t it?
Anyway, it’s interesting to think about. Personally, I feel that the age of consent should be in line with whatever birth control is given. Example: If it’s 15, sell them at 15, if it’s 18, 18. And so on and so forth. If you don’t do that, you’re setting things up for conflict.
Maybe a 13 year old has no parenting skills because they are still a child and have not been a parent yet. 🙂 Guess we should be teaching our kids how to be parents as soon as they can talk. Because that’s the only thing we should expect our children to be.
I think of this as being like condoms. It’s another preventative measure but focused on women. I personally take birth control for health reasons besides pregnancy. My insurance does not cover my full prescription which means I have to sit at the doctor’s office once a month. I do however believe that girls underage should have parental consent as well as a doctor’s ok that it’s safe for her to take. Hopefully this will help the rate of unplanned or unwanted pregnancies.
If you have any kind of cancer history in your family with the women I would suggest getting some counseling at Planned Parenthood first regarding the best kind of birth control for you and then going to get your free prescription. If you have estrogen fed cancer in your family the amount of hormones you take really do matter
Isn’t it better than women having a bunch of babies they don’t want, so they leave them places or do who-knows-what to them? Responsible people will go to the doctor first for their annual exam, anyway. This is for the irresponsible ones who never go to the doctor.
**updated to clarify the doctor visit *** this does not refer to people in once-in-a-lifetime emergency situations California pharmacists birth control
Potentially, the really cool thing about this is that pharmacists actually know what the cost of the BC pills are to the patient, so women can actually ask about costs and benefits of BC choices to someone can actually answer them. That could become a big change in the medical system, only limited by the fact that insurance companies want to peek inside your uterus too before you can get the pills you want. [OK, OK, not literally, but there’s been a lot of issues getting insurance coverage for new formulations of low-dose contraceptives; hopefully pharmacists are up to speed on those issues, too, as they’re the first to see the insurers squawk.]
I like the idea that maybe this will help the birth rate. With so many defects and syndroms and diseases on the rise, as well as considering how many babies grow up through the system due to being rejected , or neglected, and how much craziness is going on in the world today – do we really need more babies?
Not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, yeah, I suppose it will help prevent kids who aren’t ready to have kids from having babies. (150 years ago younger people having kids was fine because, truthfully, they were trained since birth to BE parents. But today? A 13-15 year old today is the mental equivalent of a 7 year old in the 1800s. It’s our fault, really. By treating them like precious little babies all of their lives, we haven’t focused on teaching them the right things. That’s why they have NO survival and parenting skills by the time their bodies are able to have kids)
On the OTHER hand, by making birth controls available to people of any age, it’s pretty much setting parents and kids up for responsibility lawsuits and jail time for the *other* kid. What I mean is that, if the states give permission to kids to have sex by supplying them with something they know will cut the risks, the parents of the other person can be blamed for what their child engaged in, and the kid can as well, possibly even facing juvie. After all, the age of consent in most states still IS 17-18, isn’t it?
Anyway, it’s interesting to think about. Personally, I feel that the age of consent should be in line with whatever birth control is given. Example: If it’s 15, sell them at 15, if it’s 18, 18. And so on and so forth. If you don’t do that, you’re setting things up for conflict.
Maybe a 13 year old has no parenting skills because they are still a child and have not been a parent yet. 🙂 Guess we should be teaching our kids how to be parents as soon as they can talk. Because that’s the only thing we should expect our children to be.
I think of this as being like condoms. It’s another preventative measure but focused on women. I personally take birth control for health reasons besides pregnancy. My insurance does not cover my full prescription which means I have to sit at the doctor’s office once a month. I do however believe that girls underage should have parental consent as well as a doctor’s ok that it’s safe for her to take. Hopefully this will help the rate of unplanned or unwanted pregnancies.