Plan B-for those who decide to skip plan A

[Keri's Day]
The Plan B drug is an emergency contraceptive available after having unprotected sex, or having a condom break, etc. It is prescribed to rape victims to prevent pregnancy and from what I hear it does a pretty good job. I’m all for this drug, I don’t think its abortion, its pretty darn close, but technically speaking any contraceptive can be considered abortion-al. So I don’t have a problem with the drug in that sense. I do however have big issues with how the medical community has chosen to handle the distribution of it...

I’m not a perfect person, and I’m not a perfect Christian, I admit it, but when something like this comes along, it makes it that much more difficult to hate the sin and not the sinner.

The Plan B drug has just been approved for over the counter sales starting near the end of the year. The FDA blocked it from being sold to anyone under 18 years of age (those younger than 18 can still get the drug but with a doctor’s prescription.). This irks me a little bit. Having the drug on the market, okay yes, it’s a good thing for those who have been the victim of rape, incest, what have you…but now we can just get our jolly on without worrying about anyone knowing about it. Parents for example, I don’t know about you, but when I was 18 I was not ready to be having sex, let alone have my parents find out about it.

Now all of that’s changed…there’s no risk of pregnancy, 18 year olds can have all the unprotected sex they want with no consequences! Not to mention all the friends of minors who will be buying the drug for them. Look, we all know that 21 year olds are already buying alcohol for them; lets not introduce inconsequential sex into the picture.

Speaking of minors: CNN article

Not only is having the drug over the counter for anyone to buy (with an ID), now Planned Parenthood wants minors to be able to purchase it too.

From a business perspective I can somewhat identify with Planned Parenthood. They are trying to reach their audience (kids having sex)…but sometimes I feel like they are acting like large tobacco companies…”Get ‘em hooked early, and then they’re stuck with us for life”. Well, that’s true…Planned Parenthood wouldn’t even exist without a market for it. The earlier kids are having sex, the more check-ups they have, the more condoms/lube/porn/whatever they buy so it makes good business sense. We wouldn’t want all those loony people to lose their jobs and I dunno, maybe have to go speak in schools about abstinence or something and maybe do some good in the world, would we?….nah.

The problem is that no one believes that abstinence is even an option anymore. If you’re still a virgin you’re made fun of, chastised and embarrassed. If you’re not a virgin teens do one of two things: they start calling you a tramp instead of a prude…or they finally leave you alone. Which would you pick under that kind of pressure? Not to mention today’s kids are longing for some kind of love…and sadly they think that sex=love…and they are so wrong!

What can be done about all this? Prayer and education are two obvious routes. I never took sex education in high school, I’m glad I didn’t. It might have given me even more crazy ideas in my youth. Schools no longer stress abstinence until marriage; they don’t even stress abstinence until you are “ready” (whatever that means)….now the stress is on “safe sex”. The only “safe sex” I can think of is plan A…..Abstinence! .

Also see: Focus on the Family