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In Plan B debate, politics obscures the central figures: teens and babies

Would their lives be dramatically different if they had been able to go to a CVS and buy the pill known as Plan B?

Plan B is the little pink chicklet also called the morning-after pill. Anyone older than 17 can buy it by asking a pharmacist, and if a woman takes it within three days of unprotected sex, it can prevent an egg from being fertilized. But a decision by the Obama administration last week will keep Plan B out of the hands of younger teens.

Some folks cheered that decision, saying Plan B is nothing but an abortion in a blister pack that would encourage promiscuity. Others say the science is no different than birth control, and the pill is a safe, affordable and accessible way to prevent an unwanted pregnancy.

Take that debate down to the tiny rooms of counseling centers across the region. The places where metal chairs squeak as scared and pregnant teens shift in uncomfortable silence, trying to figure out what to do.

At that delicate crossroads of politics, religion, morality and economics, counselors see Plan B as a powerful solution.

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