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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
By Melinda Smith
Washington, D.C.
28 August 2006
watch Plan B report
American women over the age of 18 can now buy a controversial drug that acts as a contraceptive after unprotected sex. The drug is called "Plan B" and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its sale with without a prescription1. As VOA's Melinda Smith reports, Plan B is still the focus of strong debate.
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Wendy Wright, of the conservative group Concerned Women for America, opposed the pill's approval for over the counter sale: "Making this drug non-prescription gives a false sense of security."
Pharmacies5 have been selling the drug by prescription since 1999. Young women under the age of 18 must still obtain permission to use the pill from a doctor. Gynecologist Robin6 Kalish of Cornell University's medical center says the Plan B's availability will most affect young women:
"Often women who are 18 to 22 don't have an obstetrician-gynecologist, and therefore don't have somebody to call if they need this medication," said the doctor.
Young women on college campuses are divided about the availability of Plan B:
"I think it should be available for a woman to make that choice whether or not they want to take it," said one student.
"First of all, I wouldn't get myself in that situation and second of all, if I did, I mean...I'd take responsibility for it. I wouldn't take a pill for it and kill whatever is in there," countered another.
The Plan B pill will range in price from $25 to $40 per box. Other forms of contraception, which require some advance planning, are much cheaper.
1 prescription | |
n.处方,开药;指示,规定 | |
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2 odds | |
n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别 | |
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3 Fertilized | |
v.施肥( fertilize的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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4 abortion | |
n.流产,堕胎 | |
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5 pharmacies | |
药店 | |
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6 robin | |
n.知更鸟,红襟鸟 | |
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