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The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has released Emergency Contraception [EC, also called the morning after pill, MAP] to the public Over-The-Counter (OTC). This potent drug will be on the pharmacy shelf along with aspirin and cough drops. Anyone over age 18 may buy EC, even sex predators.

Many physicians and individuals opposed releasing EC as an OTC drug for many valid medical reasons. Older men who sexually prey on younger girls would pressure them to use EC; this would place these girls in serious danger of STD infection. Also, the long-term effect of such high-dosage estrogen on young females has not been studied. Women who take lower dosage "birth control pills" need a prescription; higher dosage EC/MAP does not require a physical exam and girls/women will not have the protective support of physician oversight.

We were told that EC would cut the number of surgical abortions in half. In European countries where EC is freely available, abortion numbers have increased. Those who promised the lowered abortion numbers are now admitting abortion numbers will not be lowered.

 
For Title V Funding (5/02) PDF Print E-mail

For Title V funding are: "Abstinence Education" - an educational or motivational program which –
"(A) has as its exclusive purpose, teaching the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity;
"(B) teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected standard for all school age children;
"(C) teaches that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and other associated health problems;

"(D) teaches that a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity;
"(E) teaches that sexual activity outside of the context of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical effects;
"(F) teaches that bearing children out-of-wedlock is likely to have harmful consequences for the child, the child's parents, and society;
"(G) teaches young people how to reject sexual advances and how alcohol and drug use increases vulnerability to sexual advances; and
"(H) teaches the importance of attaining self- sufficiency before engaging in sexual activity." [AbstinenceE-mail Update Special Edition 24May 02]

 
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