More on Plan B and promiscuity

Something interesting I found at JAMA. That's the Journal Of The American Medical Association.

Direct Access to Emergency Contraception Through Pharmacies and Effect on Unintended Pregnancy and STIs
A Randomized Controlled Trial

Tina R. Raine, MD, MPH; Cynthia C. Harper, PhD; Corinne H. Rocca, MPH; Richard Fischer, MD; Nancy Padian, PhD; Jeffrey D. Klausner, MD, MPH; Philip D. Darney, MD, MSc

JAMA. 2005;293:54-62.

Context It is estimated that half of unintended pregnancies could be averted if emergency contraception (EC) were easily accessible and used.

Objective To evaluate the effect of direct access to EC through pharmacies and advance provision on reproductive health outcomes.

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Conclusions While removing the requirement to go through pharmacists or clinics to obtain EC increases use, the public health impact may be negligible because of high rates of unprotected intercourse and relative underutilization of the method. Given that there is clear evidence that neither pharmacy access nor advance provision compromises contraceptive or sexual behavior, it seems unreasonable to restrict access to EC to clinics.

In other words, the Holy Terrors are full of crap.
Imagine that.