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Posted: 10:39 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012

Shippensburg University offers Plan B contraceptive in vending machine

By The Associated Press




   SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. --

Students at a Pennsylvania university can obtain an emergency contraceptive from an usual source -- a health center vending machine.
 
   The vending machine inside Shippensburg University's Etter Health Center provides Plan B along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests.
 
   Vice President for Student Affairs Roger Serr said the machine was installed following a request from the school's Student Association and a survey found 85 percent of student respondents supported it.
 
   Plan B is available without a prescription to anyone 17 or older.
 
   The cost of the drug isn't covered or subsidized by the school. Instead it is supplied for $25, the school's cost to the pharmaceutical company and less than at off-campus pharmacies.
 
   Shippensburg is a school of about 8,300 students about 125 miles west of Philadelphia.

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