morning after pill

[ZTAngel]

I am 100% pro-choice. In this case, I really think that this pill should be used under the care of a physician. The birth control pill doesn't have nearly as many side effects or health risks and it can only be bought by prescription. A perfect example is in the case with Holly. She had a massive infection. Granted, she was under the care of a doctor. I just think that if this pill were to become OTC that women would use it as a form of contraception (so wrong...) and there might be more cases like Holly's due to misuse.

ETA:

Yes, I know that Holly took the U-486 which is completely different than the morning after pill. My point is that both these pills can have adverse side effects that should be monitored by your doctor. When you take birth control pills, morning after pills, and the U-486, you are messing with your reproductive health. You could have some condition that you're unaware of that could be affected negatively if you take these pills which have an overload of hormones. Because you weren't ready for a child now, by taking these medications you could be ruining your chances of ever being able to have one in the future. I just know that with myself my reproductive health is something I would NEVER want to mess around with. I would want my gynecologist to monitor these drugs to make sure that my reproductive system stays healthy so that one day I can have kids.