SHIPPENSBURG, Pa.- Students at a U.S. university can obtain the "morning-after" emergency contraceptive pill from an unusual source -- a vending machine.
The machine at Shippensburg University's health centre provides the Plan B emergency contraceptive along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests.
Vice-President for Student Affairs Roger Serr says the machine was installed after a request from the student association, and a survey found 85 per cent of student respondents supported it.
Plan B is available without a prescription to anyone 17 or older.
The drug isn't covered or subsidized by the school. It is supplied for $25, the school's cost to the pharmaceutical company.
