~sigh~ i wish we could catch up.

[winterknight.livejournal.com]

"One of Britain's largest supermarket chains plans to give teen-agers the morning-after contraceptive pill for free as part of a national effort to reduce the number of teen pregnancies.... The morning-after pill is a high dose of birth control pill taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy. It is already available free with a prescription, but many women do not want to wait for a doctor's appointment and buy it over the counter for a fee."

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20020318_489.html

(btw, you can contact the store http://www.tesco.com/ if you'd like to let them know how you feel about it.)

Comments

[one-song-glory.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful idea! Now I'll grant, I've never been in the situation that I've needed emergency contraception, but I can't even tell you how many times I've held a friend's hand while waiting in a Planned Parenthood clinic because "the condom broke last night!". The runaround some places put you through is absolutely preposterous. I'm of the opinion that the morning-after pill should be easily available, wherever you go.

[xallix.livejournal.com]

I'd have to agree with you on this.. And I know I've also been with friends who have tried to get the morning after pill and who have gone through some major problems to get it. They would've rather just paid for it and not had to go through all the worry and hassle it takes to get the prescription.