The FDA and the Plan-B Birth Control Pill

A core component of a well-functioning democratic society is having leaders who will be bound by ethical decision making. Your task for this paper is to evaluate and discuss the FDA’s decision to make the Plan B birth control pill available over the counter to girls who are 15 and younger.

Within your paper—and keeping in mind and evaluating the ethical merits of this decision—you should address the arguments in support of—and opposition to—this decision. What evidence is there that lends credence to each side of the argument? Finally, this decision had political implications. What were those implications, and how do those realities enhance your understanding of how politics works? You must draw a conclusion and justify your position.

Paper Guidelines

Minimum of 1,000 words, maximum 1500 words.

Minimum of 3-5 sources (at least 1 pimary sources). Three of these sources MUST come from the KC Library Database resource.
https://library.kilgore.edu/ or just use any other database but please make sure the sources are peer reviewed.
The writing assignment is due on 26 July at 11:59PM.

All papers must be submitted to Blackboard and SafeAssign.

For each of your sources that you select, you should carefully incorporate the CLUES method to evaluate your information and assess your sources’ reliability in constructing your arguments:

Consider the source and its author

Lay out the argument, values and assumptions of the author

Uncover the evidence, which should be based upon empirical evidence and/or sound, logical reasoning

Evaluate the author’s conclusion

Sort out the political implications, i.e., how does the source enhance your understanding of politics?

Paper must conform to the APA style format for papers. See the sample APA paper provided in the semester assignments section of Blackboard.

Paper must be 12 pt, Times New Roman font, double-spaced, with one-inch margins.