Can they legally deliver EC to women under 18 as well?

i think this is great, ive already posted in some online places that i can contacted if needed and this just takes it to the next level!

http://ec.princeton.edu/questions/dose.html#dose
and www.not-2-late.com for ways to use birth control as an EC (FDA approved, they just don't tell ya about it).

Wonderful!

Maybe someone here knows the answers to these -- do the Janes pay out of their own pocket? That's what I gathered from the Manifesto but just checking. And, how much is EC? I've only paid for it together with pills before (call me paranoid) so don't know the unit price. Thanks!

from what i read, janes pay out of pocket at first but san cai is looking into a paypal donation site that can potentially be used to reimburse the janes... so keep your receipts!

also, from what i've read today, EC at planned parenthoods run about $17 but at the pharmacy can be as expensive as $30. please correct me if i'm wrong...

I hope they screen the "Janes" really well. For some wingnut this seems like a great way to prevent an "abortion". Sign up to be a Jane and hand out sugar pills. Call me paranoid but with all the fake woman’s clinics out there it seems like this is a real possibility.
As a very last resort its better then nothing but I'd hate to have to rely on it.

Biting Beaver said that when she was posting about her EC problems, someone emailed her with "herbal remedies" that turned out to be a lethal concoction. So no, IrnBroo1, I don't think you're being paranoid. (I'm also not sure if I'm reading your name correctly, and apologise if I got it wrong.)

(It's IrnBru001 with two zeros.)

Hi, San Cai here to answer a couple of your questions.

We do not ask our clients' age- we count on them to be responsible about seeking EC. ^_-

I don't claim we're foolproof but I do personally speak to each Jane before I sign them up, just to try and get an impression of them. (I don't know how else I can screen them...those psych tests you get when you apply for a job are just too easy to cheat on.) If I thought anyone seemed untrustworthy I would not approve them.

And of course, every client is being sent EC from two sources, so if one box appears to be tampered with she will hopefully have the other. (If both are fine, the other should be kept on hand as a just-in-case-it-happens-again sort of thing.)

I used to work at a family planning clinic and the EC we distributed (Plan B) was shrink-wrapped in plastic. So it would be very evident if it was tampered with.

I would love to be a Jane, but I'm just too scared to put my contact info out there. If some anti-choice freak uses the site to claim to need EC, would they give her my info? I'm just nervous about it...

So, so, so exciting. After joining the Facebook network for this same cause, I'm in.

Also, was very psyched to see the reference to CWLU's abortion group. If you haven't read The Story of Jane by Laura Kaplan, I highly, highly reccomend it for some very inspirational women's reading.

SarahS, the Janes remain anonymous even when they mail. If it makes you uncomfortable you are under no obligation to put down an address. And of course, I am writing up a list of safety strategies that I will distribute to the Janes. When we say "protect and respect" it extends to each other!

I used to have a prescription to birth control pills and never took them simply to be able to give EC to people who needed it. It was only eight dollars a month--less than EC--but with worse side effects.

Could anybody explain to me (I am not quite fluently in English) what EC is?

bloulouiloui: You don't have to be "not fluent in English" not to understand the wretched overuse of abbreviations and acronyms that pervade through our language. EC E = Emergency C = Contraception ... i.e. (i.e. = id est, latin for that is) Often called Plan B which is also an idom for a "backup plan" hence the name choice of the pharmceutical company ... when Plan A, being the original plan, fails we often resort to Plan B, in this case if say, a condom fails etc, one resorts to Plan B, both literally and figuratively.

Plan B contains levonorgestrel, a progestin designed to prevent ovulation.

These kinds of stories always make me feel really ambivalent.

On the one hand, it's amazing that people actively engaging themselves in the act of subverting these blatantly anti-women policies.

On the other - why do they have to do it in the first place?

i just found out that planned parenthood of chicago has advised all their staff not to distribute EC to anyone from EK until they know more. they're suspicious that it's a potential anti trap.
san cai, maybe you should contact PP and let them know the deal?

Emergency Kindness has been taken down due to San Cai having poured all her own finances into it.

A 17-year-old girl in Kansas City needs your help, though. See my blog posting: http://drconfused.blogspot.com/2007/08/call-for-help-from-blogosphere-help-17.html