Too bizarre for words.
In case you didn't know, or knew but had simply forgotten, Plan B emergency contraception (also known as the morning-after pill) has been having a rough go with the FDA. The Powers That Be have been stalling final approval for Plan B to be dispensed over-the-counter since 2004.
Keep in mind, Plan B is an emegency contraceptive device. It's not an abortifacent. There's a difference, because in theory, the armies of anti-choice shouldn't have a problem with preventing pregnancy, right?
Well...
One of the FDA's cockamamie reasons for opposing Plan B is that easy access to morning-after contraception would lead to "extreme promiscuous behaviors such as the medication taking on an 'urban legend' status that would lead adolescents to form sex-based cults centered around the use of Plan B."
This pipe dream was set forth in a memo written by Dr. Curtis Rosebraugh of the FDA, quoting Dr. Janet Woodcock, the FDA's deputy operations commissioner.
It's not about teen sex cults, by the way. It's all about stopping whoopie. Give people ready access to contraception, and they'll use it. They'll be having sex for fun, not for procreation like good little mindless drones. They'll have big "I got some last night" shit-eating grins on their faces all day long. They'll be enjoying themselves instead of being miserable.
Then where will we be?
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