University Daily Kansan / Thursday, February 27. 1992
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Morning-after pill causes controversy
By Katherine Manweiler Kansan staff writer
Students may not know about an option available to women at Watkins Memorial Health Center called the morning-after pill, or Oval. But the medical community is well aware of the controversy surrounding this medicine.
If someone is opposed to using the morning-after pill, they better be opposed to using birth control in any circumstance."
Ovral is effective within 72 hours after unprotected intercourse. It is a cycle of four pills containing the synthetic hormones estrogen and progestin, which reduce the possibility of the implantation of a fertilized egg.
Henry Buck, Watkins gynecologist,
said Ovalhada a 2-percent failure rate,
making it 10 times less effective than
birth control pills.
The morning-after pill does not prevent conception.
If pregnancy occurs, birth defects could be caused by Oral.
Students must sign a consent form and speak with a member of the Watkins staff, usually a gynecological nurse, before obtaining a prescription
Henry Buck Watkins gynecologist
The morning-after pill is intended for emergency use only, such as for rape victims. But anyone who has had unprotected sex can get a prescription for Oval at Watkins.
for Oval. No examination is necessary. Buck said.
"We discourage people from relying on this as a primary method of birth control." Buck said.
ing-after pill has been prescribed to students more than once at the their request, he said.
Although Watkins staff encourages other forms of birth control, the morn-
Buck said he did not consider the morning-after pill to be an abortifacient, or something that induces an abortion, because regular birth control pills worked in a similar way.
"If someone is opposed to using the morning-after pill, they better be opposed to using birth control in any circumstance," he said.
John Baughman, chief pharmacist at Watkins, estimated that 12 Ovral prescriptions had been filled at Watkins in the past year. The cycle of pills costs $9.
Kris Wilshusen, executive director of Planned Parenthood in Wichita, said she was not surprised that the number of morning-after pill prescriptions at Watkins was so low. She used to work at the Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center.
"My past experience is that medical professionals for a long time were leery of prescribing what was termed as the morning-after pill because of the side effects." she said.
The morning-after pill potentially could endanger the health of women with high blood pressure or other health problems. Wilshusen said.
"I think some medical professionals for philosophical and moral reasons don't want to prescribe it," she said. "If the morning-after pill) is an option, then medical professionals have an obligation to educate people about it."
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