The school managed to stay under the radar at first, but the recent outcry over Planned Parenthood funding prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to take interest.
Dr. Roger Serr, a student affairs representative at the school, told CBS that he hopes the vending machine will give students more privacy when purchasing the Plan B “morning-after” pill, which contains a stronger dose of female hormones than regularly found in daily birth control pills and works best if used within 24 hours of having intercourse.
According to Serr, the school is not promoting promiscuous behavior, and the vending machine is only available to students during limited health-center hours.
Shippensburg told the Associated Press that, on average, at least one student purchases the $25 Plan B dose per day and the school sells about 300 to 400 packs a year.
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