MrMobius 77 points a year ago

It's called plan B in the US? We call it "the morning-after pill" where I live. I think it's a bit more self-explanatory.

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ThunderWhiskers 90 points a year ago

It's also referred to as the morning after pill. IIRC Plan-B was a brand name.

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DoubleSpace 30 points a year ago

Back in my day we called it RU-486. Always reminded me of a Russian computerized submarine.

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ayyy 25 points a year ago

That is for an abortion, not for preventing a pregnancy from occurring. The difference is insanely and stupidly important for religious fascists.

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spooky2092 10 points a year ago

The difference is insanely and stupidly important for religious fascists

For now. If those fucks have their way, it won't be too long before plan b is just abortion by another name, followed by contraception.

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emeralddawn45 4 points a year ago

Mifepristone can also be used as an emergency contraceptive too though.

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ZoopZeZoop 11 points a year ago

RU-486 is a different product.

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DoubleSpace 6 points a year ago

You're right. I had been mistaken for decades.

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RamblingPanda 5 points a year ago

Open wide, here comes the submarine.

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ThunderWhiskers 7 points a year ago

Now that's what got you in this situation!

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Raiderkev 1 point a year ago

R U 4 86ing this baby out your womb?

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oxytocin 17 points a year ago

I raise you "anti-baby-pill" from Germany.

Edit: anti-baby-pill refers to contraceptive pill.

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MrMobius 9 points a year ago

Really? That's a bit too… intense. I propose "postpone-baby-pill" or "baby-no-thanks-pill".

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oxytocin 4 points a year ago

Yeah, it's pretty straightforward. I raise "baby-not-today-pill".

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elucubra 2 points a year ago

We could call it Fetuscide, to trigger the fuck out of fundies and other retrogrades

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FooBarrington 5 points a year ago

I've always heard that for the normal pill, not the morning-after one.

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oxytocin 1 point a year ago

Really? Mhm, I guess it may differ throughout Germany?

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FooBarrington 4 points a year ago

All references online also seem to point to it being the contraceptive pill: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibabypille

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SatansMaggotyCumFart 57 points a year ago

Six dollars?

Why have I been paying three hundred for them?

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WoodScientist 66 points a year ago

You know, theoretically, it is possible to order the raw pharmaceutical ingredients to make Plan B, in bulk, directly from overseas manufacturers who don't ask too many questions. For three hundred you could order enough raw ingredients to make enough doses that you could measurably alter the birth rate of a small nation state.

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Viking_Hippie 35 points a year ago

For three hundred you could order enough raw ingredients to make enough doses that you could measurably alter the birth rate of a small nation state.

Still a more affordable hobby than Warhammer 40k 🤷

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peoplebeproblems 23 points a year ago

Yeah, but you can't play war games with the raw ingredients in plan-b.

Besides, if you spend enough on WH40k, you don't need plan-b

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AI_toothbrush 21 points a year ago

This comment is some lemmy gold lol

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EmpathicVagrant 15 points a year ago

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programmer_belch 16 points a year ago

It's in the water Batman! It's in the water!!

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WoodScientist 9 points a year ago

Well, I didn't mean it quite that way. But if you want to compound your own Plan B, I looked into it once, and for a few hundred dollars you could make thousands of doses. And the raw active ingredients, if vacuum sealed and stored in a freezer, will last nearly indefinitely.

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NoSpotOfGround 8 points a year ago

Sooo... what kind of wood do you normally science?

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Rivalarrival 4 points a year ago

Is that what has happened to Japan?

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trashgirlfriend 6 points a year ago

No Japan just likes fax machines more than children, which is a completely valid point of view.

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psion1369 4 points a year ago

Do you know those ingredients? For science.

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WoodScientist 7 points a year ago

A standard dose for Plan B is 1.5 mg levonorgestrel, CAS #797-63-7.

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jballs 17 points a year ago

Your mistake is not buying them in bulk.

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Thassodar 5 points a year ago

Where you going? $50 for the name brand where I'm at, $25 generic.

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Typhoonigator 26 points a year ago

Sadly this is no longer true of Costco where I live. You now need a membership to use their pharmacy in at least my part of the US.

Edit: See below, sounds like I was wrong

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CosmicTurtle0 72 points a year ago

Most front end employees do not know that federal regulations supersede their authority. Politely ask to see a manager.

Pharmacies are regulated by the FDA (for now anyway. Who knows what things will look like a month from now) and pharmacies cannot bar customers from using their services.

Edit: Here is the official Costco policy

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Typhoonigator 35 points a year ago

Oh shit, thank you for letting me know. I'll look into this more closely and start advising people of this info. I appreciate it!

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CosmicTurtle0 26 points a year ago

You're welcome! Just remember to be polite.

Costco pays better than most retailers but they still aren't paid to be lawyers. They are likely not aware of the regulation or even their corporate policies on who gets waved through.

Iirc alcohol are the same, though often controlled at the state level so maybe different between states. Some states have regulations on warehouse memberships not being required for purchases.

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zer0squar3d 6 points a year ago

This. California is one of them. You cant put alcohol behind a paid membership.

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ayyy -5 points a year ago

The door people are definitely trained about who they should let through to the pharmacy. If someone is blocking you it’s because they have a shitty personal bias and are trying to build artificial hurdles between you and healthcare. Definitely let their manager know so that you can get in and the manager knows they accidentally hired a Nazi sympathizer.

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ryathal 5 points a year ago

The same is also true for liquor, though it's a state agency that enforces the laws.

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Lucidlethargy 20 points a year ago

You can order from Costco online with no prescription or membership. You're welcome.

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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In 3 points a year ago

Do they deliver to Asia?

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upandup 14 points a year ago

In New York, it’s just on the store shelf. They sell it at target. Although, you do need to have an employee unlock it for you.

I was also surprised at how cheap it is.

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Lennnny 11 points a year ago

It's funny because my good insurance (RIP) paid for my sterilization, all but $6. Seems like that's the going rate for fuckin off pregnancy

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Montagge 7 points a year ago

Last time I went to a Costco pharmacy I had to be escorted there and back.

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unemployedclaquer 6 points a year ago

I picked up abortion pills a few times doing deliveries in a really conservative area in the U.S. Mildly interesting getting a lot of weird looks because its always locked down or the head pharmacist had to give the okay

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echolalia 9 points a year ago

Are you talking about plan B type pills? They are not an abortifacient. Common misconception (important to correct though).

Per FDA link:

Q. Is Plan B One-Step an abortifacient (causing abortion)?

A. No. Plan B One-Step will not work if a person is already pregnant, meaning it will not affect an existing pregnancy. Plan B One-Step prevents pregnancy by acting on ovulation, which occurs well before implantation. Evidence does not support that the drug affects implantation or maintenance of a pregnancy after implantation, therefore it does not terminate a pregnancy.

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unemployedclaquer 3 points a year ago

I appreciate the correction. I definitely never asked for a license to dispense anything, and it was definitely FDA okay

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Clinicallydepressedpoochie 0 points a year ago

Sometimes I think they were looking for a Costco CEO and had a meeting where they played idiocracy and said, "how do we get that?"

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Plebcouncilman -39 points a year ago

Damn she didn’t get her tubes tied after plopping out two gremlins? Yeesh.

Edit: simmer down guys, it was a fucking joke.

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frezik 22 points a year ago

Do you know how hard it is to get a doctor to tie your tubes together?

I know one woman who was in a position where being pregnant would be dangerous, and they still made her go through therapy sessions to check that she was really sure.

Conversely, my vesctomy was "you know that's permanent, right? Ok, I'll get you a referral." A 30 minute chat with a urologist after that about the details, and then we scheduled it.

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TheTechnician27 13 points a year ago

Dude, I'm so fucking reluctant to say this because we get this all the time as vegans, but...

Antinatalists make antinatalism look obnoxious as fuck.

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Deceptichum 3 points a year ago

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PlaidBaron 6 points a year ago

So much for not telling women what to do with their own bodies.