Group recommends doctors give all teen girls prescription for morning-after pill
AAP: Emergency contraception available to teens
Posted: 01/09/2013
The American Academy of Pediatrics thinks teen girls should be given a prescription for the morning-after pill when they get a physical. They recently made the recommendation. In a press release, they suggest teens are more likely to use emergency contraception if it’s prescribed in advance.
The morning-after pill is a type of emergency contraception used to prevent unintended pregnancy when a woman has unprotected sex or experienced a birth control failure. There has been ongoing debate about whether these pills, also known as Plan B, should be available to teens without a doctor’s prescription.
17-year-olds can get the pills by showing identification at a pharmacy. Those 16 and under need a prescription.
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