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Jack_Burton
05/13/09

In reply to Parents Freak Over U.K. Morning After Pill Commercial
"I'm just a bill, on Capitol Hill...."
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
05/13/09

In reply to Parents Freak Over U.K. Morning After Pill Commercial
I prefer the regular old birth control ads that look like they're selling gym memberships or khaki pants.
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shorty63136
05/13/09

In reply to Parents Freak Over U.K. Morning After Pill Commercial
Something as important as pregnancy should not be devalued for profit.

Lady, tell that shit to everybody who TARGETS pregnant and new mothers and make them feel bad if they don't buy their product for themselves or for their baby.

GTFOH.
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ImproperDancing
05/13/09

In reply to Parents Freak Over U.K. Morning After Pill Commercial
Isn't it kind of the point to make it seem normal to go and get this pill? You know, so that the terrified woman who had an accident the night before and is freaking out over the potential fertilization going on within her doesn't also have to deal with the guilt and stigma that she's immoral?

I mean, call me crazy but it seems to me that the point of these commercials is to tell women that if her birth control fails it'll be ok because she still has another option...not "Hey go out and have unprotected sex!"
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Flackette Goes Retro
05/13/09

In reply to Parents Freak Over U.K. Morning After Pill Commercial
My parents didn't really talk about sex very much with us. But my Mom, who is the arbiter of all things proper and conservative, did still tell me when I was 14 that she would take me to the ob/gyn and pay for birth control pills if I needed them at any point. She also told me that I was too young to be having sex, but that if I decided to at some point she'd rather I was safe. I didn't take her up on it, but I'm glad she kept it real.
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fluxus flucker
05/13/09

In reply to Parents Freak Over U.K. Morning After Pill Commercial
This is as good a place as any. I AM FREAKING OUT b/c my period is late and my breasts are so fucking sore! The tests have been negative, but I'm fairly certain I've gotten accidentally pregnant in the one month between having taken out my IUD and my husband getting a vasectomy.

Parent's of Britain (of the World) please don't begrudge your daughters the morning after pill or any other form of contraception!!
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Flackette Goes Retro
05/13/09

@fluxus flucker: Hurrah for negative tests? Hope they keep going the way you want them to!
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
05/13/09

@Gumbina80: The very same! Choosing whether or not to create a new person - that's just way too much power for a lil' lady. I think some men just consider that power and it makes their heads explode.
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Flackette Goes Retro
05/13/09

In reply to Parents Freak Over U.K. Morning After Pill Commercial
I saw a brilliant bumper sticker that said "Sex education prevents abortion." I would like to add to that "Birth control options prevent abortion." In fact, I'm so opposed to having to have an abortion myself, I take the pill, condoms are used AND I know where to obtain Plan B. Clearly, according to some people, taking these precautions makes me slutty.
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SarahMC
05/13/09

In reply to Parents Freak Over U.K. Morning After Pill Commercial
"it seem normal to go and get this pill. We've crossed a moral line with this."

As opposed to...? Leaving unwanted pregnancy up to change and getting a kid you don't want? Or an abortion that could have been prevented?
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greengrey
05/13/09

@SarahMC: ball-cutting cybersuccubus: Don't you now it's immoral to prevent pregnancy?

Am I the only one wishing the complaining parents prevented their pregnancies?
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baraqiel
05/13/09

@greengrey: No, no, that's not what it is. It's just still immoral to have sex. Ever.
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morninggloria
05/13/09

In reply to Parents Freak Over U.K. Morning After Pill Commercial
I wonder how people's minds would change if birth control were gradually referred to as "abortion control" (not likely, but sort of funny) or "pregnancy control." When it's called "birth control," it sounds like actual babies are like, hey, I want to be alive, and there's this evil pill that's like, shut up babies, you don't get to be alive. In reality, not all pregnancies lead to births and many unplanned pregnancies end in abortion. Don't we all kind of want there to be fewer women in positions where they have to decide between having a baby and having an abortion? Shouldn't we all be happy that there's such a thing as "pregnancy control" and that people know about it?

Get on it, media.
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Penny
05/13/09

@morninggloria: You should be in public relations.

Or, you know, pictures.
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trikota
05/13/09

@morninggloria: I never remember the word "birth control pills" and call them anti-pregnancy pills.
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Flackette Goes Retro
05/13/09

@morninggloria: I prefer "Pussy Control."
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Flackette Goes Retro
05/13/09

@trikota: In talking to the boyfriend I call it The Very Important Magical Pill.
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greengrey
05/13/09

In reply to Parents Freak Over U.K. Morning After Pill Commercial
Dear complaining parents,

Shut the fuck up. It's normal to get this pill. Not all of us worship babies. Lots of us think they're god damn annoying (including yours). We don't need a horrifying commercial, the thought of pregnancy is horrifying enough.

Mind your fucking business,

GG
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Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
05/13/09

@greengrey: I worship babies. I have an alter called my vagina and teh menz give periodic offerings of sperm. I thought every woman was like this.
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lilbobbytables
05/13/09

In reply to Parents Freak Over U.K. Morning After Pill Commercial
If the dad is really that concerned, he could always talk to his girls about his feelings on safe sex and abstinence.

If that's not commie talk, I don't know what is!
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hortense
05/13/09

In reply to Parents Freak Over U.K. Morning After Pill Commercial
It's also not specifically aimed at teenage girls- it's not like they had a cartoon sperm bust over someone's head in the middle of math class or some such.

Where is the outcry from these parents when Trojan is advertising condoms at 3 in the afternoon on MTV?
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hortense
05/13/09

@hortense: Oh, wait, that's right! Boys will be boys!!!
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Penny
05/13/09

@hortense: I was just about to say....
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morninggloria
05/13/09

@hortense: Parents aren't home from work yet and don't know that their 13 year old now knows all about the small, discreet, card-sized offering from Trojan. Fits right in your Bratz wallet!
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Trulymadlyme
05/13/09

@hortense: Also? What do people think is going to happen with all of those male enhancement and ED commercials.
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gherkinfiend
05/13/09

@hortense: Interestingly they don't advertise condoms on UK TV...

Maybe if they did, there wouldn't be as a big demand for the mornng after pill?
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Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
05/13/09

@hortense: Wait until that happens to you in math class. Then it's not so funny. THEN you will wish their were commercials about it.
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rah29
05/13/09

@gherkinfiend: Have you heard that condom ad on the radio that's brilliant? It's literally just a guy saying 'Hey, can I buy you a drink?' and then 'If you're going to have sex, WEAR A CONDOM.'

My friend was like, wow, that guy has SKILLS.
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Trulymadlyme
05/13/09

In reply to Parents Freak Over U.K. Morning After Pill Commercial
I kind of didn't like the cartoon aspect of this, but I did think the U.S. ad with the women getting up and going to buy it made sense and was a good ad. It used real people dealing with real issues. I kind of think the cartoon undercuts the other ad's ethos.
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stacyinbean
05/13/09

In reply to Parents Freak Over U.K. Morning After Pill Commercial
I dunno, I am 100% for the availability of the morning after pill to anyone, but the idea that it's easier to just have unsafe sex and take this isn't a good one. I know that's not what the ad is specifically saying, but I can see where the parents get that idea. Am I missing something?
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Laulau
05/13/09

@stacyinbean: To the contrary, the commercial explicitly says the couple was using a condom, it just failed. As many have said above, the way to have your teenagers wait until they are ready for sex and at least be safe when they do so is to talk with your children, and to have comprehensive sex ed in the schools. Demonizing contraceptives or keeping your children ignorant isn't going to help anyone.
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Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
05/13/09

@stacyinbean: How is it easier?

A.Use an inexpensive two dollar condom

OR

B. Worry all day until you get to the pharmacist, wonder if the pharmacist is going to give me the pill without hassle, pay $$ for the pill, go home and take the pill and then stress about whether or not it worked.

I choose A.
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stacyinbean
05/13/09

@Laulau: I understand that, I said that could be an idea these parents would get, and an idea a teenager could easily pick up from this ad either way. Obviously educating your children on sex at home, and allowing comprehensive sex ed. are your two best bets at having educated children BUT there will always be parents who refuse to discuss this with their child.
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Penny
05/13/09

In reply to Parents Freak Over U.K. Morning After Pill Commercial
"The worst thing is it makes it seem normal to go and get this pill."

I certainly know that when I see ads for Viagra, all I want to do is play my banjo with some buddies in a studio or pluck a rose out a vase to tango around my house before I bone.

Thorns are dangerous, dude, this is a very serious matter.
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baraqiel
05/13/09

@Penny: I know! Heineken has been playing this ad all the time that totally means I have to go out and find some dude's car to ride in with my friends and sing Biz Markie. Because commercials are directions for real life!
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AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
05/13/09

@Penny: true story. And apparently I all but orgasm when I use body wash. Plus, herpes is fun like rollerblading.
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