FDA delays Plan B, campus reacts
Back Up Your Birth Control Day Campaign responds to morning after pill decision
Faith Kirk/Special to The Quad
Issue date: 3/30/04 Section: News
Experts commissioned by the FDA recommended the Plan B pill for over the counter status in a 23-4 decision in December. The pill meets the requirements set by the FDA and is considered the most effective emergency contraception available.
Robin Garrett, MSN, RN, and Director of the WCU Women's Center said, "I believe a large majority of students on this campus, regardless of what they think personally about unintended pregnancy, believe that access to emergency contraception and choice about abortion should be available, even if they themselves think they wouldn't use these things."
Garrett said the debate is ultimately about women's rights and health issues in general. "There's a small minority of people who are so intense in their opposition to individual women having the power to make these decisions that sometimes it feels risky to be openly pro-choice," she said.
West Chester students can get more information from the student campaign Web site at www.feministcampus.org.
Robin Garrett, MSN, RN, and Director of the WCU Women's Center said, "I believe a large majority of students on this campus, regardless of what they think personally about unintended pregnancy, believe that access to emergency contraception and choice about abortion should be available, even if they themselves think they wouldn't use these things."
Garrett said the debate is ultimately about women's rights and health issues in general. "There's a small minority of people who are so intense in their opposition to individual women having the power to make these decisions that sometimes it feels risky to be openly pro-choice," she said.
West Chester students can get more information from the student campaign Web site at www.feministcampus.org.