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UNDER 17 ACCESS.
GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO
22NEWS AT 5:30. I'M LAURA
HUTCHINSON TEENAGE GIRLS MAY
SOON BE ABLE TO GET
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE MORNING
AFTER PILL WITHOUT PARENTAL
CONSENT. 22NEWS REPORTER NICOLE
NALEPA TELLS US WHY NOT EVERYONE
LIKES THE IDEA.
ALTHOUGH TEEN PREGNANCIES HAVE
DECLINED OVER THE PAST TWENTY
YEARS, THE RATE HERE IN THE U.S.
IS STILL HIGHER THAN IN MOST
OTHER COUNTRIES... WHICH IS WHY
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
PEDIATRICS IS RECOMMENDING THAT
DOCTORS GIVE TEEN GIRLS UNDER
AGE 17, AN ADVANCE PRESCRIPTION
OF THE MORNING AFTER PILL.
SOMETHING THAT MANY TEENS ARE IN
SUPPORT OF.
A LOT OF GIRLS NOW-A-DAYS ARE
VERY YOUNG AND ARE VERY
SEXUALLY ACTIVE.
SO I FEEL LIKE IT IS NECESSARY
FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE ACCESS TO
THAT PILL.
MEGHAN FREEMAN IS BOTH A HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT AND A MOTHER. SHE
WAS JUST 15 YEARS-OLD WHEN SHE
FOUND OUT SHE WAS PREGNANT. NOW
HER SON MICHAEL IS 10
MONTHS-OLD...
IT IS HARD, AND THERE'S A LOT OF
STUFF THAT YOU HAVE TO
SACRIFICE TO HAVE A KID. AND IF
YOU'RE NOT READY FOR IT--USE
PROTECTION, USE PRECAUTIONS.
AND MEGHAN SAID SHE STRONGLY
BELIEVES THE MORNING AFTER PILL
SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN AN
EMERGENCY SITUATION...ESPECIALLY
FOR THOSE TOO YOUNG TO HANDLE
THE DIFFICULTIES OF BEING A TEEN
MOM. BUT NOT ALL ADULTS ARE SOLD
ON THIS IDEA.
NOT APPROPRIATE. SHOULD HAVE A
PARENT'S PERMISSION, IT'S STILL
THEIR CHILD--THEY'RE A MINOR.
NOT ALL PARENTS AND TEENS MAY
SEE EYE- TO-EYE ON THIS TOPIC.
HOWEVER ONE THING THEY DO AGREE
ON IS THAT ABSTINENCE IS ALWAYS
THE SAFE ALTERNATIVE. IN
CHICOPEE, NICOLE NALEPA, 22NEWS.