A Bill To Ban Emergency Contraceptives In The United States Of America
A bill to ban emergency contraceptives in the United States of America.
Section 1.
The prescribing, use and sale of any emergency contraceptive by anyone in the United States shall be deemed illegal.
Section 2.
Definitions:
The term "emergency contraceptive" shall be defined as:
(1) Any pill, drug or device that is intended to prevent or terminate a pregnancy.
(2) Any such pill, drug or device in (1) that is used post-coitally.
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Supporters of this bill such as antiabortion and abstinence advocates say they fear that use of any such emergency contraceptive "will lead to rampant sex among tweens and teens"(Elle 126). "A recent Scottish study found that giving women EC in advance did not appear to diminish abortion rates" (Elle 126). Many individual pharmacists have refused to fill prescriptions for such pills stating various reasons mainly......
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