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Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania is now selling the "morning-after" pill via a vending machine. A pro-family group in that state believes that sends the wrong message to students.
For $25, people with access to campus health services at Shippensburg can buy Plan B from a machine, just like they would a soda or a bag of chips. Diane Gramley of the American Family Association of Pennsylvania finds that appalling.
"To begin with, they're approving the sexual activity of their students -- and they're not providing the young ladies with the correct information about Plan B, about the morning-after pill," Gramley explains. "If they are pregnant, it actually does not allow the implantation of the fertilized egg -- and that's just killing their baby."
University officials say a survey of students found that the vast majority were in favor of having the pill available through campus health services. The pro-family spokeswoman questions that as well.
"It's interesting that that survey was taken several years ago," she notes, "and it says that 85 percent of the respondents wanted the availability of the morning-after pill. Now our question to the school is: How many students actually responded?"
Another issue that Gramley has with the vending-machine availability is that it makes it possible for a man who molests an underage girl to walk onto campus, gain access to the machine, then provide the pill to their victim. But the school maintains because the one machine that makes Plan B available is in a private room in the health center, no one can just "walk in off the street" and access it.
Regardless, Gramley says the machine should be removed, but there are questions about the legality of the vending machine service -- questions that ought to be answered by the state.
Plan B is available without a prescription to anyone who is 17 or older. A university statement says all full-time students currently at Shippensburg fit that criteria -- and that the pill is made available "at cost" (i.e., no state funds or student health fees are used).
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania is now selling the "morning-after" pill via a vending machine. A pro-family group in that state believes that sends the wrong message to students.
For $25, people with access to campus health services at Shippensburg can buy Plan B from a machine, just like they would a soda or a bag of chips. Diane Gramley of the American Family Association of Pennsylvania finds that appalling.
"To begin with, they're approving the sexual activity of their students -- and they're not providing the young ladies with the correct information about Plan B, about the morning-after pill," Gramley explains. "If they are pregnant, it actually does not allow the implantation of the fertilized egg -- and that's just killing their baby."
University officials say a survey of students found that the vast majority were in favor of having the pill available through campus health services. The pro-family spokeswoman questions that as well.
"It's interesting that that survey was taken several years ago," she notes, "and it says that 85 percent of the respondents wanted the availability of the morning-after pill. Now our question to the school is: How many students actually responded?"
Another issue that Gramley has with the vending-machine availability is that it makes it possible for a man who molests an underage girl to walk onto campus, gain access to the machine, then provide the pill to their victim. But the school maintains because the one machine that makes Plan B available is in a private room in the health center, no one can just "walk in off the street" and access it.
Regardless, Gramley says the machine should be removed, but there are questions about the legality of the vending machine service -- questions that ought to be answered by the state.
Plan B is available without a prescription to anyone who is 17 or older. A university statement says all full-time students currently at Shippensburg fit that criteria -- and that the pill is made available "at cost" (i.e., no state funds or student health fees are used).
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
