What is your OPINION on Plan B, the morning-after pill?

I am for it. I think it is not the best option, BUT I also don't believe in young teens having babies. The best option is having a baby and giving it for adoption, really- that is the most unselfish thing to do - BUT I understand all girls/young women aren't emotionally strong enough for that, and may have little support. So, this pill can be a good thing, as bad as it may sound. It also, though, would make you feel pretty crummy for a couple days...I don't think I personally could take it.

The first time my best friend ever had sex (at 20, with her bf of a year), it was briefly unprotected. She immediately regretted it (the unprotected part, not the sex itself), and drove herself crazy with worry and stress. You see, my friend was planning on going to vet school, and in the extremely unlikely chance that she could have gotten pregnant from the encounter, she knew she couldn't afford--physically, mentally, or financially--to raise, or even just birth (and later give up for adoption), a baby.

So she went to the university clinic, got the morning-after pill. She went through one day of agonizing cramps, and emerged much more sane on the other end. The very next day, she made an appointment to get on birth control. One mistake, immediately corrected, and she got on with her life.

From speaking to my friend, and knowing how crazy she would have driven herself if she'd had to wait several weeks before discovering if she were pregnant or not, I think she made the right decision. She couldn't afford to raise or birth a child, and she is against abortion (as is her boyfriend--now husband)--yet she still would have gotten one if it had come down to it, and it probably would have ruined their relationship.

It's just not worth it for a single, stupid mistake. While Plan B could be abused as any drug could, I think its benefits far outweigh its drawbacks.

I think it's unfortunate that so many people don't know the facts and think that it's abortion or that people are going to stop using condoms and use plan b instead. It's not cheap and it's certainly not something that women are going to be using every time they have sex. I think it's terrible that there are so many women who are selfish and believe that just because they cannot get pregnant any woman who can get pregnant must get pregnant. I think plan b should be readily available and over the counter for anyone who needs it in an emergancy.

Well I don't think it should be over the counter. I have taken it twice years and years ago and I got very sick for it. When I tried to talk to a doctor or nurse about my symtons they wouldn't talk to me because they said it was to controversial. Now I could see that if I lived in a small town but I don't. I also think that people wont be safe about sex if it goes over the counter because it will be easier to get. Therefore I think that the number of people with stds will increase

It's abortion in a bottle...Horrible. I am still sickened when I think about it. Women out there can't take consequences for their actions anymore. These shortcuts are just contributing to the decline of our world. In some ways, it would be better if science has not progressed as far as it has.

There are women aborting children when some of us would do anything to have one. It's disconcerting to think where our country will be in the future. I also understand those that can't take care a child but there are other options.

No offense to those who have different views. Everyone has the right to their own opinion.

I am very happy it's out there, there is no reason for it to not be. It's not an abortion; it's preventing the need/want for an abortion. And an important step for everyone, not just women. It shows our culture is progressing, even if it has been pushed back with Bush's war on sex campaign.

i dont have a problem with it. I would rather take the pill then get pregnant. I'm only 21 I'm not ready to have a baby. I still have school to worry about and I have other goals. I have taken it once. I was releaved.

I disagree with the morning after pill because it is sending a message to young girls that is OK to go out and have sex. If you are not ready for a baby then use a condom. The best solution is to not have sex at all. There are consequences that you have to suffer if you decide to have sex before you are ready.

I think the best way to deal with the possibility of unwanted pregnancy, it's birth control, (abstinence????) why risk an unwanted pregnancy? Use condoms and be monogamous. The right person always comes along. Take care of yourself.

I don't like it. I don't trust that it won't induce an abortion, and people could practice sex with common sense timing within marriage.

I just don't like a pill for every occurrence in life, as the answer to everything, especially one that enables people to live like pigs instead of humans.

And it should not be made available to teens at all with the usual liberal attitude: "They're going to do it anyway, whether you like it or not." Yes, that's part of the liberal mental illness that requires therapy.