Important link

[hellziggy]

I don't remember who on my flist I got this link from, but it's important for all of you having sex who don't want/aren't ready for a baby.
edit
I remember now... it was caitirin
end edit

It's a site where you can put your zip code in and it will tell you the closest places to get Emergency Contraception (EC), also called Plan B.

This is not the abortion pill!
EC is also known as the morning after pill.

If the condom breaks, if you get drunk and have unprotected sex, if you have sex against your will, if for any reason after having sex you are at risk of an unwanted pregnancy, EC can prevent it.

It is the same hormones as Birth Control Pills, just in a more concentrated dose.

This is something I feel should always be available to anyone who needs it.

Having EC available does not promote promiscuity and unsafe sex, it just prevents unwanted children. Condoms are still a cheaper & more reliable option. But sometimes they fail, and sometimes they aren't used.

EC is called "Plan B" because it isn't supposed to be your primary method of birth control. With good reason. If it is something you have to take, it most likely will make you nauseous as all hell for a day because of all the hormones. It's not fun, but it's better than the alternative.

So use condoms, because as a caller to the Penn Jillette radio show said, "I'm not a bigger slut because I have condoms, I'm a safer slut." but if that plan should fail, here is the link to where you can find Plan B.

Emergency Contraception, Plan B, Morning-After Pill...

Comments

[genevra.livejournal.com]

It'll make you nauseous for at least a day, sometimes longer.

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

plan b, or the old fashioned ones? i don't know anyone who's taken plan b yet, that i know of. and i'm real interested to hear about it.

[genevra.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure which my roomie took, but I seem to recall her being sick for a couple of days. Could've been the older kind...

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

when was it? which year?

[genevra.livejournal.com]

It was just a couple of years ago. No more than 3.

[genevra.livejournal.com]

Of course, she's kinda sensitive to such things, so it may have just been her.

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

For me it was back in '91 or so, so it was definitely the old fashioned ones.
I got really lucky. I'd never even heard of such a thing, but my appointment at the campus clinic for me to get on the pill just happened to be the day after I'd had a condom break. I didn't think there was anything to do but wait and hope, but the wonderful nurse there got me the moring after pills.
(Um, but of course I'm just making this up because I was a virgin when I married Rick. Yup. Really. Hmmm. You don't believe me, do you?)