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When I was a college student, vending machines provided quick and easy access to potato chips, popcorn, Mountain Dew, and other highly nutritional dining choices. However, for students at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, at least one vending machine offers immediate assist<\/a>an<\/a>ce<\/a> for hormonally-charged students preparing for sexual intercourse.<\/p>\n

One student center at Shippensburg features a vending machine with condoms, pregnancy tests, and the Plan B contraceptive (commonly known as \u201cthe morning-after pill\u201d).<\/p>\n

\"planb\"This emergency contraception is available to anyone on campus who simply provides a student I.D. Students don\u2019t need to risk the embarrassment of being seen at their local\u00a0pharmacy.<\/p>\n

This vending machine is provided largely at the demands of students, 85 percent of whom said they wanted access to Plan B on campus.<\/p>\n

There has been some debate as to whether Plan B should be classified as an abortifacient. Pam Belluck<\/a> of the New York Times<\/i> claims that studies on the drug do not conclusively prove that it does, in fact, terminate the life of a child.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the federally approved labels<\/a> on the drug claim that it \u201cmay also work…by preventing attachment (implantation) to the uterus (womb).\u201d If Plan B prevents implantation of a fertilized egg, then it is terminating the life of a conceived child and, hence, acting as an abortifacient.<\/p>\n

The FDA did agree to look into the vending machine at Shippensburg but ultimately decided to take no action.<\/p>\n

Presently, Plan B is available to girls over 17 without a prescription. But Fox News contributor Dr. Manny Alvarez<\/a> warns, \u201cBut how is it possible to monitor the automatic dispensing of this Plan B to younger girls? I thought the FDA was going to look at these dispensing machines more carefully before approving them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alvarez also points out some of the dangerous side-effects of the drug, including \u201cmid-cycle spotting, irregular bleeding, hives, swelling of the face and lips – and for some, even nausea and diarrhea.\u201d He then notes that \u201cif a young woman was to use Plan B as her main method of contraception without proper medical follow-up,\u201d it could potentially cause her \u201cto miss symptoms of ectopic pregnancies or sexually transmitted diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n

The automatic dispensing of Plan B is yet another example of pro-abortion passion that wants access to emergency contraception at any cost. Even if Plan B is an abortfacient with dangerous side-effects, pro-choice zealots want to ensure that it can be quickly purchased at a vending machine with no accountability from parents, physicians, or pharmacists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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