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Birth control is a bad example, because as far as I can find it's prescription only for sex-negative cultural reasons, not for medical reasons. It is exceeding
by kennywinker 10y ago
Birth control is a bad example, because as far as I can find it's prescription only for sex-negative cultural reasons, not for medical reasons.
It is exceedingly easy to overdose on tylenol, and yet it's available without any controls.
- brudgers 10y agoCondoms aren't prescription only in many jurisdictions either.
- refurb 10y agoBirth control pills are prescription because they can increase the risk of a woman getting a blood clot. In the case of women who smoke, it's a drastic increase. Sex-negative has nothing to do with it. Plan B is non-prescription.
- kennywinker 10y agoUntil very recently plan B was prescription only, so that's not a strong counter example. The question is, does something about visiting a doctor to get a prescription for birth control mitigate the risk of a blood clot? Something that there would be no way to replicate with say better women's health education or a nice info-graphic next to the birth control section?