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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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Vanessa

Vanessa

SUICIDEGIRL

USA

DEC 07, 2007 11:33 AM

RileyStClair said:

powergirl5000 said:
It's damn expensive.



less expensive than a baby or an abortion, though.



+1

Moderncutthroat

Moderncutthroat

Philadelphia, PA
May 2006

DEC 07, 2007 11:59 AM

code_red said:
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



As someone who volunteers with Planned Parenthood and love love LOVES it. You go in once, fill out some shit and get the pill. THEN, whenever you need it again you can just stop by or get some extras to keep in your drawer.

PP gives it up for free! Find one, near you.

dingoes8

dingoes8

Milwaukee, WI
March 2004

DEC 07, 2007 12:17 PM

This is one more instance of an SG newswire editor writing a positive story that I assume to be sarcastic until I realize it's over and there was no final jab.

I thought this was going to be like when you got the email from Details. I'm cool with a break from the sarcasm, but it's starting to be like the boy who cried wolf. wink

girlysound

girlysound

Ann Arbor, MI
February 2007

DEC 21, 2007 07:33 PM

took the survey signed up for the target card. anything for research.

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