Emergency contraception is now at the 7-Eleven and other convenience stores, next to the condoms
Emergency contraception is now at the 7-Eleven and other convenience stores, next to the condoms
Gas stations and 24-hour convenience stores sell condoms but haven't stocked emergency contraception, which can prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex. Experts say it's overdue.
Its literally just a high dose of normal hormonal birth control btw. So it's just a more effective in an emergency but slightly less safe version. Letting y'all know in case somebody tries to tell you CVS is selling abortions now.
Also don't use it as regular birth control. If you find yourself using it a bunch you probably need to look into better types of birth control. If the problem is specifically that your partner is interfering with or preventing you from using normal hormonal birth control (and especially if you need something undetectable while you work out an exit strategy) you should try to talk to a doctor about the depo provera shot. It's like a flu shot and once it's in it's undetectable for the three months it's effective for. And even if he did somehow find out you got it, he can't cut or rip it out like he could with an implant.
(I accidentally pulled my own IUD out, and I'm pretty sure my gyn was lowkey convinced my boyfriend did it. Apparently that's a thing.)
Those same people will tell you normal birth control are also abortion pills, so its not worth arguing with them in general.
Yeah I had a coworker tell me she couldn't personally justify using hormonal birth control because she read that it's possible for it to prevent a fertilized embryo from adhering to the uterine lining but like:
- I would want to read the source because while it actually seems pretty likely that it could, it also seems like it's pretty likely that lifting more than 30lb at a time could too.
- I find "it's a person from fertilization" arguments to be completely missing the point anyway. I actually happen to think it's a person from fertilization, I just don't think it has inherent rights to use another human being's body as life support without their consent.
Arguments about at what point it becomes a human being or has human rights are all just emotion-inducing distractions to shift the conversation away from the actual discussion of bodily autonomy and consent. We don't forcibly rip skin off of dad when the baby gets burns, or hold him down and bleed him when the baby needs a transfusion, and we all agree it's a person at that point. Whether or not the fetus is a person is irrelevant to the conversation. Getting people to say they don't think it's a person is just another way to maintain it as a political issue: "look they don't think babies are people!"
They also don't want to have that conversation because if the argument becomes about what kindnesses and service they owe to their fellow humans in general, they become uncomfortable very quickly.
(I accidentally pulled my own IUD out, and I’m pretty sure my gyn was lowkey convinced my boyfriend did it. Apparently that’s a thing.)
Every time I think my opinion of our society couldn't get any worse I see something like this.
yeah it didn't hurt nearly as bad as when it went in but it wasn't comfortable (I caught the string while pulling my diva cup out) and it turned out completely fine I didn't seem to have torn anything and I just went and got a new one placed a few weeks later, I could imagine it doing some damage especially if someone else was doing it.
Oh my god, CVS is selling abortions?
In all seriousness, I’m surprised but impressed that USA is doing this.
Wouldn't this come down from corporate, which I'm pretty sure 7 11 is owned by Japanese company.
Depo is great, but do be mindful that it shouldn't be used long-term unless you have no other options, as it can contribute to loss of bone density (osteoporosis).
I noticed this in the wild, for the first time, a few days ago.
Finally something uplifting