Advance prescription for morning-after pill urged

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Advance prescription for morning-after pill urged

ASSOCIATED PRESS

May 9, 2006

WASHINGTON – Women of reproductive age should get an advance prescription for emergency contraception to keep in case they ever need it, the nation's largest gynecologist group advised yesterday.

“Accidents happen,” say new waiting-room posters headed for the 49,000 members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The posters are part of a campaign urging doctors to explain the morning-after pill to every woman of reproductive age they examine, and offer a prescription to those eligible.

The campaign aims to increase access to emergency birth control after the Bush administration's refusal to allow it to be sold without a prescription nationwide.

The morning-after pill is a high dose of regular birth-control pills. It cuts the chances of pregnancy by up to 89 percent if used within 72 hours of rape, condom failure or just forgetting routine contraception. The earlier it is taken, the more effective it is. But finding a doctor to write a prescription in time can be difficult, especially on weekends and holidays.


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[Erika]

1. Has W and his theocrats seen this?

His main man at the CDC said abstinence is the only topic that should be allowed as a subject of discussion in pregnancy and sex. His war on women continues. Slap them down hard and often.

He sees this advice to women and he'll issue a health warning that women must wait 270 days after sexual contact for their safety and then consult a theocratic physician.