Judge tosses Oklahoma morning-after pill law
Source: Tulsa World
OKLAHOMA CITY -— An Oklahoma County judge threw out a law barring young girls from an over-the-counter emergency contraceptive Thursday on the grounds it violates the state constitution.
The law, contained in House Bill 2226, prevented girls younger than 17 from getting Plan B One-Step —- commonly called "the morning-after pill" — without a prescription. Women and girls 17 and older can obtain the product without a prescription.
The drug is also known as levonorgestrel. It is taken after sexual intercourse to prevent pregnancy but is not capable of terminating an existing pregnancy, so it is not an abortion drug.
The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit last year on behalf of the Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice and Jo Ann Mangili of Mounds, whose daughter was 15 at the time.
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Now these conservative people that are opposed to teenage girls obtaining emergency contraceptives are also against TANF, Food Stamps, HUD housing, college pell grants and of course throwing the young s*ut out of high school for becoming pregnant. Of course her 16 yr old boyfriend is supposed to provide child support and health insurance for the baby while working a part time job at McDonald's.
