The U.S. unintended pregnancies rate is significantly higher
than the rate in many other developed countries.
In a recent research, asking to pharmacies at what age it was possible to get
emergency contraception over the counter, in about half of the calls, they got
the wrong answer, higher in poor neighborhoods.
Almost 6% of pharmacists indicated that they would refuse to dispence
and refuse to transfer at least one medications to which they have
moral objection, included morning after pills.
The cost of one package of Plan B One-Step can range anywhere
from about $35 to $60, with the average cost being around $48.
16$ | average weekly allowance
Only 22 states in USA mandate sexual education, and of those, a mere 12 mandate sex
education that is medically accurate.
Nationally, 1 in 4 teenagers have received abstinence-only education,with no instruction
on birth control and techniques to avoid contraction of sexually transmitted
diseases (HIV included).
