Morning-After Pill

Re “Calif. Testing Morning-After Pill Access,” April 11: While I applaud California’s efforts to make the morning-after pill available without a prescription, I strongly object to the proviso that a woman be “counseled” about her sexual activity prior to receiving the drug. If this medication has been approved by the FDA for distribution without a prescription, it should be available to any woman, any time, no questions asked.

A woman should no more be required to answer questions about her sexual practices before buying Preven than she is to discuss the stress in her life before buying a bottle of aspirin. Forcing a woman to fill out an “encounter form” dealing with such intimate matters as how many partners she has had in the last six months is unnecessarily humiliating and can only discourage women from seeking this very reasonable solution to unwanted pregnancy.

SHARON BLAIN

Aliso Viejo