denial of emergency contraception to women in the military

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Emergency Contraceptives for Women in the Military

Emergency contraceptives (EC ) are also referred to as the morning pill or by its brand name , plan B (Juhn ) elaborates that the morning pill as a contraceptive it is very effective , safe and been approved by pharmaceuticals . The other emergency contraceptive method is in form of an inter-uterine device . Its contents include a high dose of birth control pills that when taken within 72 hours after sexual intercourse is effective in stopping any pregnancy that may

have otherwise occurred This happens due to the production of an anti pregnancy hormone that occurs after injection of the emergency contraceptive pill . It either prevents fertilization or causes a fertilized egg to slough off the uterine walls without attaching itself to the walls . The emergency contraceptive pill can also be used during breast-feeding . The drug is available without prescription to all other American citizens that are above 18 years of age but is however not stocked in the military medical service centers

The emergency that may call for the use of this drug ranges from rape to accidents of normal occurrence . Such accidents may include tearing of condoms during sexual intercourse , slipping off of inter uterine devises like the diaphragm or the siding of the coil , unexpected sexual intercourse , forgotten injection of pills for a number of days or as a back up to the available forms of regular contraception . The medicine can be obtained prior to and kept for emergency

In this we will discuss the reasons why military women should be allowed access to emergency birth control pills . The birth control pills having been previously included in the budget for the military drug supplies , was suddenly removed from this budget by the state in America which raises many questions in the interest of the state on the welfare of its citizens

It will therefore examine the factors that make military women be in great need of the emergency pill . It will look at the state of these women and what risks they are at in , in relation to unplanned pregnancies . In addition to that we will examine the government 's decision to withdraw the pill and try to prove that the decision had no base hence should be reversed

The most pronounced risks women encounter is sexual harassments by their colleagues in the service . This is one of the major reasons why military women should be allowed to have pills . The sexual harassment the women experience is of a high rate . Since not much protection offered to them due to the conditions at the base camps where they live , the situation renders them prone to sexual harassment by men , and therefore at a high risk of unwanted pregnancies

In the case of rape , the availability of the emergency contraceptives taken immediately after would protect the victims from the life threatening and inconvenience of unplanned pregnancy . It would also eliminate the numerous cases of abortion . Apart from abortion , these...