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why do women still pregnant when there is plan b pill?
i am asian so i just found out that there is such thing as morning after pill or the plan b. This is pretty popular in the US. So i was wondering why are your teen pregnancy still on the rise when you have this pill? or even so, why do women (adult) still have unwanted pregnancy when there is plan b available in your pharmacy. as far as im concerned we don't have that available in our country. I have an accidental pregnancy but i've already been thinking of haivng a kid. so it was not unwanted. I am againsts abortion so i was wondering why not take plan B? rather than having abortion? it doesn't make any sense. so those who were raped and said they justified abortion. why didn't they took plan B?
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- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
Plan B doesn't always work. It isn't 100% effective.
- SheenaLv 79 years ago
Plan B is about 85% effective and if you don't take it within 24 hours after your accident, it is even less effective! I got raped in early January by a so-called friend of mine and I took the abortion pill at 5 weeks pregnant so obviously I'm not completely against abortion. I just don't believe that it should be used as a form of contraception! I'm now on birth control pills, in fact, I take 2 every single night around 11 pm! I don't wanna have 2 have another abortion ever again! I bled for 74 days straight no lie!
Source(s): personal experience - SosumiLv 69 years ago
Plan B won't work if the embryo has already implanted. That can happen within a number of hours or days. This is not a sure thing. As to the teen pregnancy rate, we are actually at a record low. Our rates could be better, especially in the South, but we've been in decline for a number of years.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Plan B doesn't work if you are already pregnant.
Most women don't realize that they have accidentally gotten pregnant til it's too late. You only have 72 hours after sex to take it for it to work and it isn't 100%, just like any med.
As for rape, many are embarrassed and/or in denial and just hope that they didn't get pregnant. Or figure that the chances are so low.
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- ?Lv 79 years ago
Many women who are raped are afraid to get help after because the so called justice system revictimizes the women who are raped. There is a SERIOUS lack of sexual education in this country and many teens and young adults don't realize that vaginal sex isn't the only sexual contact that can get them pregnant. They also aren't taught about birth control because the general mentality in this nation is "If I don't teach my kids about birth control they won't be able to have sex." Many religious families fight to keep sexual education and condom vending machines out of our schools because they believe premarital sex is wrong and since they believe it is wrong their kids won't do it. They believe that providing the children with an education and protection is giving them the OK to have sex. Our nations is really messed up.
- Take A Test!Lv 79 years ago
Plan B works by preventing ovulation. If ovulation already happened, it won't really work.
Also, many teens think that they cannot buy Plan B legally if they are under the age of 18 (which is not true).
Also, it costs about $50+, which many teenagers do not have immediately at their disposal.
- ErikaLv 45 years ago
If you're pregnant taking plan b will NOT abort the child you're going to nonetheless be pregnant and it does now not final till your subsequent interval it's going to be from your process earlier than then. And should you and your mate ain't able to be father and mother use defense please.
- 9 years ago
plan b isnt an abortion pill, i took it the day after i had unprotected sex but i was already pregnant and the pill did nothing, im still pregnant with a healthy baby
- Anonymous9 years ago
Because the pill does not always work, like any other birth control