Culture of Death: Vending machine at the UC Davis campus dispenses Plan B pills
Students at UC Davis can now press A4 for Plan B.
A
new vending machine in a University of California Davis study room
traded the usual Hot Cheetos and Red Bull for condoms, tampons,
pregnancy tests, Advil, and the morning after pill (or Plan B). They
call it the "Wellness To Go" Machine.
Stocking
contraception rather than caffeine may seem out of place in a study
area, but to former UC Davis student Parteek Singh it makes total sense.
Although the Wellness To Go machine was installed in early April, Singh spent two years working to make it happen.
"The more skeptical and negativity I got from people like 'oh it's not going to happen,' kind of pushed me more," Singh told CNN affiliate KTXL.
Plan
B and other contraceptive methods have had their ups and downs. In
2013, Plan B was made available to women without a prescription. But the
Trump Administration has threatened funding for Planned Parenthood.
With a nation divided on the issue comes a campus divided as well.
"It
is promoting like 'Oh hey, go and have unsafe sex because then you have
a backup option and it's gonna be cheaper than if you just wanna go to a
drug store,'" UC Davis student Jordan Herrera told the affiliate.
But other students come to its defense.
"It's a great thing for women," student KC Cui said.
CNN has reached out to UC Davis and is waiting on a response.
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