FDA OKs 'morning-after' pill for 17-year-olds

[KMAN]

Are parents becoming irrelevant?

FDA OKs 'morning-after' pill for 17-year-olds

 

[Anguille]

 

[IMDaugur]

Are parents becoming irrelevant?

FDA OKs 'morning-after' pill for 17-year-olds

If the parents have no control over their seventeen year old's sexual activity, they failed as parents and made themselves irrelevant.

 

[Ravi]

If the age of consent is sixteen this should be available to sixteen year olds, too.

But KMAN would rather have the government enforcing morals thereby protecting his...what a chump.

 

[Sarah G]

If the age of consent is sixteen this should be available to sixteen year olds, too.

But KMAN would rather have the government enforcing morals thereby protecting his...what a chump.

I agree. The morning after pill and all information about it should be as inexpensive and easy to buy as any contraceptive. It is easier than birth control pills now as you can get it over the counter.

 

[DavidS]

Are parents becoming irrelevant?

FDA OKs 'morning-after' pill for 17-year-olds

Yes.

A 17-year old of today has more information and knowledge about the world and themselves than a 35 year old during the 1980s would have had.

I think they should lower it to 15 to be honest. Who is a parent to say that a 15-year old must stay pregnant and deliver a baby?

 

[Skull Pilot]

a 17 year old will be strip searched in school for Advil but can walk into a pharmacy sans prescription of parental permission for this.

can you say mixed messages?

 

[DiamondDave]

Absolute horseshit

Under 18 = minor.... there is NO WAY that this should be given to any minor without parental consent

 

[Ravi]

Absolute horseshit

Under 18 = minor.... there is NO WAY that this should be given to any minor without parental consent

Why not? Anyone can buy condoms.

 

[DiamondDave]

Absolute horseshit

Under 18 = minor.... there is NO WAY that this should be given to any minor without parental consent

Why not? Anyone can buy condoms.

Funny.... there is a difference... just as there is between a batch of gunpowder, brass, a firing pin, a barrel, etc and a loaded weapon

And funny... seems like things like Sudafed require ID, kids can't just go buy it... but a morning after pill is not??

Give me a break

 

[Ravi]

Absolute horseshit

Under 18 = minor.... there is NO WAY that this should be given to any minor without parental consent

Why not? Anyone can buy condoms.

Funny.... there is a difference... just as there is between a batch of gunpowder, brass, a firing pin, a barrel, etc and a loaded weapon

And funny... seems like things like Sudafed require ID, kids can't just go buy it... but a morning after pill is not??

Give me a break

There is almost no difference between a condom and the morning after pill. Both merely prevent conception.

 

[Ravi]

Are parents becoming irrelevant?

FDA OKs 'morning-after' pill for 17-year-olds

Yes.

A 17-year old of today has more information and knowledge about the world and themselves than a 35 year old during the 1980s would have had.

I think they should lower it to 15 to be honest. Who is a parent to say that a 15-year old must stay pregnant and deliver a baby?

After thinking about this I don't believe there should be an age restriction at all. A parent forcing a minor to give birth against her will would be guilty of child abuse, imo.

 

[Barb]

Are parents becoming irrelevant?

FDA OKs 'morning-after' pill for 17-year-olds

If the parents have no control over their seventeen year old's sexual activity, they failed as parents and made themselves irrelevant.

Parents who trust their children have children who trust their parents. My kids talk to me about everything. It isn't so much "having control" over their sexual activity as it is the conversations that need to take place to teach them how to control their sexual activity.

It is so much more valuable to teach them to think than it is to teach them what to think.

 

[DiamondDave]

Are parents becoming irrelevant?

FDA OKs 'morning-after' pill for 17-year-olds

Yes.

A 17-year old of today has more information and knowledge about the world and themselves than a 35 year old during the 1980s would have had.

I think they should lower it to 15 to be honest. Who is a parent to say that a 15-year old must stay pregnant and deliver a baby?

After thinking about this I don't believe there should be an age restriction at all. A parent forcing a minor to give birth against her will would be guilty of child abuse, imo.

A parent is responsible for the behavior, well being, and guidance/direction of the child. Hence they are in the custody of the parent or guardian....

Forcing a child to have sex, that would be abuse. Deciding for the child to give birth instead of murdering the unborn is not abuse. Just as deciding on other moral and medical issues is not abuse.

18 year old... they can make their personal decisions.. .get emancipated, and they can make their own decisions... but as a minor, no way in hell

 

[Ravi]

Yes.

A 17-year old of today has more information and knowledge about the world and themselves than a 35 year old during the 1980s would have had.

I think they should lower it to 15 to be honest. Who is a parent to say that a 15-year old must stay pregnant and deliver a baby?

After thinking about this I don't believe there should be an age restriction at all. A parent forcing a minor to give birth against her will would be guilty of child abuse, imo.

A parent is responsible for the behavior, well being, and guidance/direction of the child. Hence they are in the custody of the parent or guardian....

Forcing a child to have sex, that would be abuse. Deciding for the child to give birth instead of murdering the unborn is not abuse. Just as deciding on other moral and medical issues is not abuse.

18 year old... they can make their personal decisions.. .get emancipated, and they can make their own decisions... but as a minor, no way in hell

Totally disagree. Do you think condoms should only be sold to eighteen year olds and above as well?

 

[editec]

Skull got it exactly right.

We live in world of very mixed messages.

We ask them to "Just Say no to drugs.

And then we find that we have more kids are on legally proscribed psychotropic drugs than any time in human history, and that the biggest drug abuse problem is coming from prescription drugs

We tell them to eschew sex outside of marriage but our media's commercialism uses sex to sell everything.

We tell them that we have a zero tolerance for violence while we build arsenals in our homes, have more armed police forces than ever, and we have troops figiting all over the world.

Kids aren't fooled by the propagandist's blather, that seems to satisfy so many of us here on this board.

They see the sheer hypocricy of our society.

And ya know, when kids find hypocricy they set out to flaunt their contempt for it in ways that usually end up hurting them.

 

[DavidS]

Absolute horseshit

Under 18 = minor.... there is NO WAY that this should be given to any minor without parental consent

Why not?

Can a minor drive a car? Get married? Have sex?

The answer to all three are: Yes.

So why can't a minor decide if she wants to prevent pregnancy? Please note: The morning after pill is NOT an abortion pill.

 

[DiamondDave]

After thinking about this I don't believe there should be an age restriction at all. A parent forcing a minor to give birth against her will would be guilty of child abuse, imo.

A parent is responsible for the behavior, well being, and guidance/direction of the child. Hence they are in the custody of the parent or guardian....

Forcing a child to have sex, that would be abuse. Deciding for the child to give birth instead of murdering the unborn is not abuse. Just as deciding on other moral and medical issues is not abuse.

18 year old... they can make their personal decisions.. .get emancipated, and they can make their own decisions... but as a minor, no way in hell

Totally disagree. Do you think condoms should only be sold to eighteen year olds and above as well?

I know you totally disagree... which is why I say you are totally wrong

Birth control pills (medicine), morning after pills (also medicine/ingested) are different than a penis wrap... just as the condom is about the interaction of 2 lives, whereas a morning after pill now involves the spark of life in a fertilized egg and a decision for a MINOR that is much more than just STD or the decision to have sex....

You as an adult wish to use this, that is legally OK... but a minor is under the guardianship of the parent.... medical and moral decisions for that minor are the responsibility of that parent....

You so much as give one of my kids one smidgen of medicine without my approval or knowledge, and I'll either beat your ass within an inch of your life, or I will have the law down on you faster than the speed of light

 

[DavidS]

Are parents becoming irrelevant?

FDA OKs 'morning-after' pill for 17-year-olds

Yes.

A 17-year old of today has more information and knowledge about the world and themselves than a 35 year old during the 1980s would have had.

I think they should lower it to 15 to be honest. Who is a parent to say that a 15-year old must stay pregnant and deliver a baby?

After thinking about this I don't believe there should be an age restriction at all. A parent forcing a minor to give birth against her will would be guilty of child abuse, imo.

Actually - I agree with this.

 

[DiamondDave]

Absolute horseshit

Under 18 = minor.... there is NO WAY that this should be given to any minor without parental consent

Why not?

Can a minor drive a car? Get married? Have sex?

The answer to all three are: Yes.

So why can't a minor decide if she wants to prevent pregnancy? Please note: The morning after pill is NOT an abortion pill.

1) Parent gets to sign for that PRIVILEGE for a learners permit and initial license
2) Minor must have parental consent to get married
3) Have sex? Yep, we cannot control every action they do. But we find out a minor daughter is getting sexed up by an adult, and look at the charge of statutory rape come down.

Get a fucking clue

Minors are the responsibility of the parent. The decisions regarding the care, medical decisions, and other aspects of raising that minor are the responsibility of the parent.. this decision is no different