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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.

 
Virgin By Choice Media Campaign (3/04) PDF Print E-mail

OPERATION KEEPSAKE LAUNCHES VIRGIN BY CHOICE MEDIA CAMPAIGN Operation Keepsake, which provides abstinence until marriage education in over 120 schools in the Greater Cleveland area, has taken the abstinence message to the airwaves with a new media campaign called Virgin by Choice. Area students proclaim abstinence as their best choice for achieving future goals.

“We have been extremely encouraged by the response of teens who contact us to say they have heard the commercials, like them and then identify themselves as a ‘virgin by choice’ too! We want teens to see the empowerment that comes from choosing abstinence and we also want to reclaim the nobility of the word virgin.” said Mosack [Dir of Operation Keepsake].  The campaign includes VBC school posters, and a feature article in their magazine which is distributed three times a year to approximately 15,000 students. Each student also receives an individual CD case with the Virgin by Choice logo. According to Mosack, “We’ve only just begun, we intend to promote, promote, promote until teens are branded with a message that can save their lives and help them attain their future goals.” www.Operationkeepsake.com [30Mar04; Abstinence Clearinghouse, 31March04]
 
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