Shouldn’t everyone like Plan B?

So the FDA approved the sale of levonorgestrel, otherwise known as Plan B or the “morning-after pill” to women over 18. This should be great news across the political and ideological spectrum.

It gives women access to medication that allows them more control over their bodies, something sure to appeal to women’s-rights groups. And conservatives, too, should be happy because Plan B works by preventing the fertilization of the egg. If the woman is pregnant, it has no effect. So if you believe life begins at conception, this doesn’t present as issue — it doesn’t allow conception to happen.

Further, by giving women the opportunity to take it, Plan B can reduce unwanted pregnancies.That means that Plan B can reduce abortions as well. (After all, the majority of Americans support abortion rights, and thus you can assume that many unwanted pregnancies would end that way.)

So everybody wins.

Of course, there are always some people who believe that all forms of birth control should be outlawed, and others who think their personal views on pre-marital sex should be forced on everyone. And they’re probably upset. Oh, well.