Comments on: plans b damned: great emergency contraception article

By: EllaRegina

EllaRegina — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:59:41 +0000

Read the thread of comments in response to Nikol’s post if you want a reality check re the ignorance, hatred and insanity currently on tap in this backward land.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:36:18 +0000

I realize that things are slightly different in Canada, in terms of availability, but my experience getting Plan B was one of the best pharmacy experiences I’ve ever had.

I walked up to the counter, asked for Plan B by name, and the girl at the counter said okay, no problem, and asked me whether I wanted to get it covered by my insurance. Since I’m a university student and still on my dad’s work plan, I said no and that I’d pay for it up front.

Pharmacist came, brought me into a more private area with chairs and a table, explained how it worked, when to take the second pill, and the symptoms I might experience. There were no invasive questions, no questions about WHY I needed it, no pressure and no judgments. I’m sure that people have had lots of difficult or intimidating experiences getting the morning after pill, but my experience was great!

By: Kommentator

Kommentator — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:09:32 +0000

Greetings from Germany (I like your blog, and I follow it every day), and here is my posting (please excuse mistakes in language, thanks):
I once had a one night stand with a colleague, and our contraception didn’t work (indeed we had none at all, I have to admit – hormones did their work very well that night). The next morning it took her one trip to the doctor and the waiting time to see the doctor, and then she had it and took it – okay, that was it for the contraception, so far (and easier to handle than the odyssey Nikol reports).
But what still was to handle was “the other side of one night stands” without condomes – HPV, fungi (is that the right word?), STD, and the feeling of letting a women run to the doctor and tell him (or her, I don’t know) about the intimacy of the last night.
That was my and her cure for not wearing or demanding a condom, and it took several weeks to get that covered between us (and there was nothing left on her medical side, GSD).
My post is not against one night stands (they are the pepper in the big sex soup) – my post is about safe one night stands. In the meantime I’m married, and that was it for the one night stands (really) – but if I ever were single again: I will be sure to have condomes with me everywhere, everytime (and good ones, too – there are differences, I can tell).
So: Condomes raise the chances to have a second night with the same woman . . . And they do also raise the chance to enjoy sex, especially in one/two/three night stands.
Best regards from Germany, Kommentator (just a nickname)

By: littlehorn

littlehorn — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:33:45 +0000

This show is funny. I like it a lot.

By: Merlin

Merlin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:47:11 +0000

Geez. In Belgium, you don’t need a prescription, it is very cheap and you can get it simply at any pharmacy. No questions asked.

I tried it myself on a Sunday morning. A quick web search for the on-duty pharmacy in my area and voilà, two pills to take at once (glass of water kindly provided) and that’s it.

But wait, there is even better. If a teenager girl needs it, it’s free. She can just walk into any pharmacy, ask for the pill and get it for free without any question and anonymously.

That’s the way it should be everywhere.

By: Dausa

Dausa — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:18:23 +0000

I was following Nikol on Twitter the day she did this (http://twitter.com/NikolHasler), and it was pretty eye-opening to follow each of the (many) stops along the way.