Re: Over the counter birth control
Before you start making judgments about girls using birth control, you should know that it is used and prescribed for many reasons other than birth control.
- To treat ovarian cysts
- To treat symptoms of PCOS - a hormonal syndrome
- To treat endometriosis
- To treat acne
- To treat very heavy menstrual periods
- Some other medications will not be prescribed to a female patient before she is taking birth control, because pregnancy is contraindicated while taking that medication (a pregnancy would be fatal to the fetus). Even if a girl is not sexually active, the FDA requires her to take birth control, because unfortunately, men still rape women in our society!
Please educate yourself before you pass judgment on people. There are many 15 year old girls who have to use birth control for one of the above reasons, and not because she cant keep her legs closed.