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i know this isnt about skating but i need help

I found out through recent experience that in the state of tennessee you have to be 18 or older and have a prescription to get what is known as the morning-after pill. It is a pill to be taken within 72 hrs of having unprotected sex to prevent getting pregnant. For my final speech tournament I am going to write a bill to change that law to where you can be at least 16 and you dont need a prescription. plz let me know what your views are on this. Feel free to give both sides so i can build a good and strong debate.

peace out,
Blondie

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Permalink Reply by Lasse Teh Dane on April 16, 2008 at 5:35am

Well in denmark the view is a bit different :P sex is legal at the age of 15.
I don't know if there is any age limit for buying those kind of pills, but they are easy to get, so young people don't get children.

In my point of view you should be able to protect yourself if you are ready for sex.

(Other various danish laws: Driver license = 18 years of age // Drinking age = 16 years of age)

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Permalink Reply by BC SK8R (BLONDIE) on April 16, 2008 at 1:49pm

i so agree with that. hey i know its off topic but could you send me some chocolate? i miss good european chocolate

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Permalink Reply by xXxXxXXXxxXxdrugsXmakeXyouXcoolxXXxXxXxXXx on April 17, 2008 at 10:11am

are there any reports of kids overdosing on the morning afterpill or abusing it? just because it's a pill doesn't mean it has recreational uses. This isn't about protecting kids, this is about conservative christian groups insisting that any sex outside of marriage is immoral, that a view of when life begins can be viewed as anything other than religion, and that abstinence should be the only policy. Same reason teachers couldn't even mention masturbation in my state's(virginia) sex-ed classes. People's strongest instict is their sex-drive, there's no stopping sex.

also spray-paint is locked up in some states because graffiti artists steal it, that's more to protect the business than kids, but people still find ways to get it

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Permalink Reply by BC SK8R (BLONDIE) on April 17, 2008 at 1:43pm

there are no reports of the pill being overdosed on b/c the only allowed to give one dosage out at a time

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Permalink Reply by xXxXxXXXxxXxdrugsXmakeXyouXcoolxXXxXxXxXXx on April 18, 2008 at 10:19am

word

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Permalink Reply by Mark Ashford on April 18, 2008 at 2:37pm

in the uk- sex is legal at 16 and to get the pill you just have to walk into a pharmacy (no perscription needed) a doctors surgery or a family planning clinic. (At least thats what it used to be - i think it still is)