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I view Plan B as another method of contraception, and it should be available over the counter as are the other means.
The scientific community found nothing to suggest that this pill could be harmful to young women under 18, and certainly birth control pills are available for girls through their doctor. I think the age restriction is at the insistance of those that believe that Plan B would encourage promiscuity among teens. Let's prevent the unwanted pregnancies among teens first, and let the morality police continue their work in negating the power of teen sexuality on their own time.
I like how Washington and other states have handled the age restriction by allowing the pharmacist to write the Rx. It also strikes me as silly that any kind of enforcement on the age restriction is possible. Like alcohol and cigarettes, a teen merely has to ask someone older to purchase the pill for them.
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