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  • THURSDAY DECEMBER 6 2007 4:00 PM

Ever Used Plan B?



Y'all might or might not remember that my first post for this site was about Plan B. Plan B is birth control, not an abortifacient (if you have any doubts, go read that post), it's a fucking lifesaver if you've ever had a condom break, gotten lazy with the birth control, or (god forbid) been raped, and basically it belongs in your medicine cabinet.

Light Rail Coyote is an admirable grad student who somehow also works for the Academy for Educational Development and is therefore a better model for engaged academia than yours truly ever has been. In any case, she wrote me to ask if I'd ask you all to please take a brief survey about your use of Plan B if you've used it in the last year and are between the ages of 18-44.

Needless to say, the survey is entirely confidential. You can skip questions you don't want to answer, or if none of the available options is correct. (And there's a comments section towards the end.)

A little more about the AED and the survey itself:

AED, a nonprofit organization, is conducting an anonymous, on-line
survey of women in the U.S., ages 18-44 years, who took Plan B after
January 2007. This consumer survey will help us learn more about
women's experiences getting and taking Plan B. The results will be
used to help make the medication more accessible to women who need it.


Plus when you're done you can enter a drawing to win a $150 Target gift certificate.

(By the way, if you have a Target card and haven't signed up to have them give X% of your purchases to some local school, please do. If you don't have a kid, just pick a random school, preferably the poorest one in town.)

You're welcome, of course, to also post the survey link on your own blog, along with a handy-dandy little button, which is available here. The survey runs through March 31, 2008.



Bitch_PhD reminds everyone to keep Plan B in their medicine cabinet--just in case.


 

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semiretiredpunk

semiretiredpunk

Evansville, IN
March 2007

DEC 06, 2007 04:06 PM

I'm kinda disappointed with this article, I was hoping to see something about right wing extremists opposing plan b again, so I could go on a rant.

TheFox

TheFox

Carrboro, NC
February 2006

DEC 06, 2007 04:21 PM

semiretiredpunk said:
I'm kinda disappointed with this article, I was hoping to see something about right wing extremists opposing plan b again, so I could go on a rant.



Against Plan B? Or right-wing extremists?

Munke

Munke

West Hollywood, CA
May 2004

DEC 06, 2007 04:49 PM

I do have a rant about plan B...

once they made it OTC, it went from $10 a pill to $50.
And now my healthcare providers won't prescribe it at prescription prices since it's available OTC.

mad

TheFox

TheFox

Carrboro, NC
February 2006

DEC 06, 2007 04:52 PM

Munke said:
I do have a rant about plan B...

once they made it OTC, it went from $10 a pill to $50.
And now my healthcare providers won't prescribe it at prescription prices since it's available OTC.

mad



That is a reason to rant...

And I love that you seem to be familiar with obtaining Plan B... sexually responsible dudes are hawt.

RileyStClair

RileyStClair

Los Angeles, CA
September 2006

DEC 06, 2007 05:21 PM

funny because target allows its pharmacists to refuse to dispense plan b.

Adelayde

Adelayde

Ellicott City, MD
September 2004

DEC 06, 2007 05:26 PM

RileyStClair said:
funny because target allows its pharmacists to refuse to dispense plan b.



are you serious? do you know any of the details? i wonder what they base their refusals on... hmmm.

code_red

code_red

Portland, OR
July 2005

DEC 06, 2007 05:31 PM

My girlfriend used it once and I am thankful for it. The folks at planned parenthood actually gave her another, along with a year supply of birth control and more condoms then you can shake your fist at. I love that place. love

Coyotemike

Coyotemike

USA
May 2006

DEC 06, 2007 05:36 PM

Adelayde said:

RileyStClair said:
funny because target allows its pharmacists to refuse to dispense plan b.



are you serious? do you know any of the details? i wonder what they base their refusals on... hmmm.



Maybe they have their own survey.

"Would you, as a reluctant mother, purchase your baby supplies at Target? Y/N"

Then, if you mark "yes" they refuse you.

semiretiredpunk

semiretiredpunk

Evansville, IN
March 2007

DEC 06, 2007 05:38 PM

TheFox said:

semiretiredpunk said:
I'm kinda disappointed with this article, I was hoping to see something about right wing extremists opposing plan b again, so I could go on a rant.



Against Plan B? Or right-wing extremists?



Against right-wing extremists.

Morgan

Morgan

SUICIDEGIRL

Illinois, USA

DEC 06, 2007 05:43 PM

I'm paranoid, and I'm always wishing I could have a supply of Plan B tucked away in my medicine cabinet.

TheAngrySloth

TheAngrySloth

York, ON
September 2003

DEC 06, 2007 05:50 PM

Despite the amount of money I'm saving on birth control, I really need to get laid.

RileyStClair

RileyStClair

Los Angeles, CA
September 2006

DEC 06, 2007 05:57 PM

Adelayde said:

RileyStClair said:
funny because target allows its pharmacists to refuse to dispense plan b.



are you serious? do you know any of the details? i wonder what they base their refusals on... hmmm.



this was in the news awhile ago. i assume that is still their policy as i have not heard anything about it changing. i love the crap out of target aside from this, don't get me wrong, it's just kind of ironic and i would never use their pharmacy for any prescriptions.

Arete

Arete

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

DEC 06, 2007 06:26 PM

RileyStClair said:
funny because target allows its pharmacists to refuse to dispense plan b.



that's what i was thinking. it shows how much target gives a shit about their "morals" or whatever they use to justify their bullshit.

Vanessa

Vanessa

SUICIDEGIRL

New Mexico, USA

DEC 06, 2007 06:39 PM

I used plan B in October.
It's fucked up my menstruation cycle, but it was indeed a lifesaver.
Though I wouldn't have minded having a baby with this particular person, now is not the time.
Off to fill out the survey...

iamabondgirl

iamabondgirl

Cincinnati, OH
August 2007

DEC 06, 2007 07:16 PM

I used it in May for the first time (despite the fact that I have been on birth control for 5 years) because I've always wanted to know what it was like to have a guy come inside, but was always too scared to go through with it.

thanks to plan B, I now know it's nothing special and I can quit obsessing over it.

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