Comments on: The pill without a pelvic exam http://karenrayne.com/2007/12/10/the-pill-without-a-pelvic-exam/ Thu, 17 May 2012 23:21:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Alice http://karenrayne.com/2007/12/10/the-pill-without-a-pelvic-exam/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Alice Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:07:24 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/2007/12/10/the-pill-without-a-pelvic-exam/#comment-398 It sounds to me like this policy is misguided. Pelvic exams are an important part of taking care of your body. Birth control pills are powerful, potentially dangerous drugs that shouldn't be dispensed without the free flow of information from both sides. Besides, they should be using condoms anyway, and you don't need a prescription for those (although you may need to find a drugstore that doesn't keep them under lock and key). It sounds to me like this policy is misguided. Pelvic exams are an important part of taking care of your body. Birth control pills are powerful, potentially dangerous drugs that shouldn’t be dispensed without the free flow of information from both sides.

Besides, they should be using condoms anyway, and you don’t need a prescription for those (although you may need to find a drugstore that doesn’t keep them under lock and key).

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