Rachelle's Reading List, Tuesday February 7th, 2012

The Morning After Pill Vending Machine [TDW] This is whacky. The Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania decided to offer Plan B through a vending machine inside the school's health center. Will Ivy League Universities follow?

“We had some conversations with them and did a survey of the student body and we got an 85 percent response rate that the students supported Plan B in the House Center,” said Ship’s Vice president of Student Affairs, Dr. Roger Serr. One dose of the so-called “morning-after pill,” which can legally be purchased over-the-counter by individuals 17 or older, will set students back $25. The university says it uses money made from sales to purchase more pills. Some 350 to 400 doses are sold each year. “The vending machine is just a way to dispense it,” said Dr. Serr. “It’s provided, it’s not necessarily promoted on a large scale.”