The New York City Department of Education is providing morning-after pills and other birth control drugs to students at 13 city high schools.
School nurse offices supplied with the contraceptives can reportedly dispense “Plan B” emergency contraception and other oral or injectable birth control to girls as young as 14 without telling their parents — unless the parents opt out of the program after receiving a school letter informing them of the new policy.
Fox affiliate WNYW reports that New York City high schools have supplied free condoms to teens in the past, but this is the first time city schools have given hormonal birth control and Plan B, which can prevent pregnancy if taken up to 72 hours after unprotected sex.
Connecting Adolescents to Comprehensive Health, known as CATCH, is part of a citywide plan to prevent teen pregnancy.
According to the New York Post, which first reported the story, 7,000 New York City girls under age 17 got pregnant last year. Sixty-four percent of those pregnancies were aborted, according to the newspaper.
The Plan B distribution could be the first of its kind in the nation. read more
Obama Administration Keeps Limit on Israeli based Teva Morning-After Pill
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (TEVA) failed to win U.S. clearance for the first over-the-counter emergency contraceptive after an Obama Cabinet member overruled the head of theFood and Drug Administration on the issue.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius ordered Margaret Hamburg, the FDA chief, to reject the application by Petach Tikva, Israel-based Teva, citing potential sales to girls under age 17. Hamburg, in a statement, said she was ready to approve over-the-counter sales based on “well- supported” and “science-based evidence.” The FDA said it’s the first time the HHS has reversed one of its decisions.
SIDE EFFECTS OF THE MORNING AFTER PILL
The “Morning After” pill is the common name for the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B. This contraceptive can be used for up to 72 hours after unprotected sexual intercourse or contraceptive failure. The pill works by using a high level of hormones (the kind found in regular birth control) to stop an egg from leaving the ovaries or the fallopian tubes and implanting in the uterus. Although this pill is generally safe and effective, there are possible side effects that may affect some women.
IRREGULAR BLEEDING
NAUSEA
ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
& OTHER SIDE EFFECTS
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