ceptives is to “prevent unwanted pregnancies of women who have been raped, experienced contraceptive failure, or engaged in unprotected sex” (Center). Therefore, supporters look at this type of contraceptive as a safety net for those women who have been the victim of some type of misfortune. This view shows how proponents feel that postcoital contraception benefits people in unfortunate sexual encounters in such areas as health and appropriations of funds. For this reason, one can decipher that their argument is founded by the long-term ways in which these medications will make the population act. They feel that such types of people will not suffer the health risks of pregnancy and the economic heartaches associated with bearing children. This will result in content individuals who can plan to have families when they are emotionally and economically ready, causing children to actually live in a less stressful/sound environment. Future generations can then reap the social benefits that are derived from stable and well to do families. In order to emphasize the need for such treatments proponents cite studies that illustrate the number of unwanted pregnancies that occur each year. Case in point, according to the National Survey of Family Growth reports that 3.04 million women unintentionally become pregnant with 47% ending in abortion (Office of Population Research). Because of this large number of pregnancies and abortions, supporters are using their resources to further the public awareness and use of emergency contraceptives as an alternative to abortions. The FDA, the regulator of drugs in the United States, agrees with supporters and is actively enhancing the use of these drugs. As mentioned earlier, the FDA recently approved the use of estrogen/progestin as a postcoital contraceptive. In addition, the FDA approved Gynetics corporation to produce a prescription estrogen/progestin kit for the purpose of emergency...
