University To Offer Plan B Contraception From Vending Machine
Shippensburg University To Offer Plan B Contraception From Vending Machine
February 7, 2012 10:00 AM
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. (CBS) – At Shippensburg University, students can now get more than snacks from a vending machine.
The college is now making the “morning after” pill available through a vending machine.
The “Plan B” emergency contraception can be obtained through a vending machine in the health center and each dose costs $25.
University officials say they will not make any money from the sales.
“The machine is really used as much for privacy as anything else,” Dr. Roger Serr, Vice President of Student Affairs said.
The pill can be legally sold over-the-counter to anyone 17 years of age or older.
Plan B contains hormones which are meant to disrupt ovulation or prevent fertilization from occurring.
"How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers." - Mother Teresa
Whether people get it from a vending machine of their local pharmacy, I hope those taking it understand that messing around with your hormones doesn't always turn out well, especially in the long run.
I agree! What's to stop some twisted, devious person from crushing it up and putting in a pregnant woman's drink? A boyfriend who doesn't want the girl to have the baby, the married man and his lover, the jilted ex-wife, etc. :-(
Quoting 0Kit0:
Doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
Personally I think it is a fantastic idea. There are many students that get pregnant and drop out of school and there is more than enough rape on college campuses that now these girls can anonymously, without having to go to the police, hospital or their parents, get the birth control measures they need. I doubt any of these girls in college are going to spend the $25 every time they have a scare, but it is there for the preventative measure and they don't have to face trying to get a ride to the local Walgreens or CVS when they have no transportation at school.
Plan B doesn't exactly work that way. Once the pregnancy has taken in the uterus, plan B does not work. Plan B is only a triple dosage of birth control pills and its purpose is to stop the fertilized egg from implanting. Me thinks someone needs to do some research ;)
Quoting imamomzilla:
I agree! What's to stop some twisted, devious person from crushing it up and putting in a pregnant woman's drink? A boyfriend who doesn't want the girl to have the baby, the married man and his lover, the jilted ex-wife, etc. :-(
Quoting 0Kit0:
Doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
That scares me...no medical supervision, no accountability. What if the person taking it has an adverse reaction.
Quoting kestl:
I don't care if you are pro-life or pro-choice....this just doesn't sound like a good idea. These are still hormones that can mess with your body if someone takes them incorrectly.
"How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers." - Mother Teresa
Isn't it like $40-$50 at Walgreens and such?
Yeah I don't know why that part caught my eye...
Anywho... As long as its in the Health Office to where someone can see it...
So a BF or Spouse who doesn't want a baby would be wasting their money...
Quoting imamomzilla:I agree! What's to stop some twisted, devious person from crushing it up and putting in a pregnant woman's drink? A boyfriend who doesn't want the girl to have the baby, the married man and his lover, the jilted ex-wife, etc. :-(
Quoting 0Kit0:
Doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
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- imamomzilla
on Feb. 7, 2012 at 11:19 AM