Should ‘Morning-After’ Pills Be Available on College Campuses Around the Clock?

March 29, 2017

(The Washington Post) – “Unlike a business, a student’s sex life does not operate on a 9-5 schedule, and because of this, access to emergency contraceptives should not operate on a schedule,” Riback, a government and politics major from Baltimore, wrote this month in the student newspaper the Diamondback. Experts say the morning-after pill works best the sooner one takes it after unprotected sex. Students who need it sometimes don’t want to wait for health centers to open. One option to solve this problem on some campuses is a simple vending machine.