The Morning-After Pill

American Voices

March 30, 2005 | ISSUE 41•13

The FDA is deciding whether they will allow non-prescription sales of the morning-after pill Plan B. What do you think?

If this pill is sold over the counter, people will start, for the first time ever, having unprotected sex.

Jared Maldonado
Telemarketer
It says in the Bible that the morning-after pill is wrong. I believe the passage is Pharmaceuticals 3:16.

Adrian Roy
Systems Analyst
Why not? The tequila responsible for getting me knocked up in the first place is sold over the counter.

Dana Conner
Photographer
Not for me, thanks. I've had a Dalkon Shield IUD in me for 30 years, and in me it's gonna stay.

Ana Huff
Musician
Do I think they should sell the morning-after pill over the counter? Hell, I think they should add it to One-A-Day multivitamins.

Claude Adkins
Author
Wait. There's a way to prevent pregnancy?

Karl Bass
Security Guard

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