University Vending Machine Doles Out 'Morning After' Pills

Students at Pennsylvania's Shippensburg University can now get the 'morning-after' pill for $25 from a vending machine, an idea that has drawn the attention of federal regulators and raised questions about how accessible emergency contraception should be.

The university's student health center provides the Plan B One Step emergency contraceptive in the vending machine along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests.

"I think it's great that the school is giving us this option," junior Chelsea Wehking said Tuesday. "I've heard some kids say they'd be too embarrassed" to go into town — Shippensburg, permanent population about 6,000 — and buy Plan B.

Federal law makes the pill available without a prescription to anyone 17 or older, and the school determined through records that every student is at least that old.

Do you think the vending machine would be a good idea at other universities as well?

Source: stupidknews.com

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