CampusProgress on Plan B access
Check out this piece from CampusProgress on Plan B access. (Full disclosure: I'm quoted in it.)
Mourning After, by Wellesley's Emily Amick, focuses specifically on access to EC for younger women. And how cool is this?
Since the age restriction is only at the point of purchase, women under 18 will be able to have a family or friend purchase the emergency contraceptive for them. There are already several underground Facebook groups of women over 18 who are willing to buy Plan B for high school students.
Word. Online grassroots action for birth control--I like it.
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finally, facebook is useful for something.
Kickass! I just joined the facebook group 'Emergency Contraception for Minors!' and made my location known.
I'm all in favor. Is there anything similar for help with all birth control, or is it just Plan B?
This is really good news! I don't remember what I was watching that prompted my soapbox declaration, but I remember telling my husband that if EC was not going to be made available to women under 18 years of age, I was going to purchase a stock of it and have it available to whom ever needed it. He was fully in favor of that idea, too.
I don't know if this is one of the more popular of such facebook groups, but I myself started "Plan B Emergency Contraceptive Network" and it'd of course be super cool if anyone wanted to join.