Should the ‘Morning After’ Pill Be Available to All Ages?
The idea of access to the morning after pill for 10 or 11 year old girls seems a secondary concern…the more pressing problem would have to be the socio-economic condition of most of these girls. Unemployment is statistically near 100% in this age group. How, without checking with their parents, are they supposed to afford the $50 dollar cost. It seems particularly inhumane to expect them to have to save the money they receive in their birthday card (or whatever celebrated occasion) as a hedge against that sexual encounter that accidentally happened during that most vulnerable portion of their ovulation cycle. Shouldn’t we be talking about economic independence of this group, and their financial ability to access these types of therapies before we get on to the question of actual access.
