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no no, it’s a genuine concern for women’s health and… you know. scientific persuit of knoweldge.
with tests and stuff. because… snrk… sorry… let me try again.
large doses of that particular medication is linked to umm… disease. like the plague, or testicular cancer. so study is required to be sure it’s in a woman’s best interest to… keke
fuck, this spin thing is harder than it looks
Hey, they’ve hardly had any time at all to consider this difficult question! How can pharmacists possibly handle the complexity of having the same drug be OTC and available by prescription? It’s not as if it’s been done before, with, say, ibuprofen. And how can they possibly handle selling something OTC to people over 18 and not to people under 18? It’s not as if it had been done with, say, cigarettes. And we definitely don’t want anyone under 18 to have access to birth control.
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