Sales of emergency contraception (Plan B) in Canada have doubled since last year when the drug was made available over the counter. And it’s looking like American women may be a driving force behind the sales spike.
Duramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. , Plan B's Canadian manufacturer , sold 23,000 pills to retail pharmacies in January 2005. Now, 41,000 pills are sold by Canadian pharmacies each month, according to figures released yesterday by DoctorSolve Healthcare Solutions , a company that sells drugs through its website....Judith Soo, a University of British Columbia assistant professor who is conducting an economic evaluation of emergency contraceptive use, said...“In Canada, women do not require a Plan B prescription from a physician to obtain treatment. It can be obtained directly upon request from a trained pharmacist...As many states border on Canadian provinces, it is likely that women obtain Plan B treatments by crossing the border or through Internet pharmacies. It is not possible to quantify this number.�
Women in the Southern states are also going to Mexico to get EC. Thanks, FDA. Way to make preventing unwanted pregnancies and abortion so easy.
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That works great for the women living on border states - except that pretty quick a passport is going to be required for both Canada and Mexico. And those are a pain in the ass to get too.
It's hair-pulling-outingly (which is officially a new word as of right now) frustrating that something so simple, and such a great SOLUTION to aborition, is being held up.
Here's to keeping religious beliefs out of the legislative and health departments of our society.
pardon my crappy spelling. They lerned me good in public skool.