Over the last week, there has been much in the news that Plan B and similar products that use the drug levonorgestrel do not work in women who weigh more than 176 pounds and have a decreased effect in women who weigh more than 165 pounds.
"The reported average weight of women over 20 years old in the United States is 164 pounds. The average weight of women in college is 155 pounds. Taller girls have ideal weights that pass the 165-pound threshold where Plan B stops working effectively," says Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League (ALL). "So, does Plan B actually reduce unintended pregnancies?"
Sedlak points to a UPI story from Nov. 30. In it, a senior medical director of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, said, "We've all been disappointed that on the population level, it just hasn't had the effect we hoped. ... The unintended pregnancy rate hasn't...
Dr. Mark Allison | 1/20/2013
