Prescribing oral contraceptives for teenage girls with acne is becoming more accepted.

So they hand out condoms and prescribe contraceptives, but when possible, they also try to dissuade.

The Louisiana Attorney General refused to rule out the possibility that doctors could be prosecuted for prescribing such contraceptives.

Ms. Camp said some Louisiana doctors would be afraid to prescribe contraceptives if the law went into effect.

But some doctors who prescribe oral contraceptives said that if they were to discuss sexual dysfunction, they might influence patients' expectations, setting off the problem.

At the time, doctors in my town would not prescribe contraceptives for single women.

They'd like to be able to prescribe contraceptives for those girls who want them, but for now they refer them to a hospital clinic and hope that they go.

He says he prefers not to prescribe contraceptives to single women, but will if they insist and reject his advice to abstain.

For example, some doctors prescribed certain oral contraceptives for acne although there was "no evidence" until one clever drug company collected the cases to prove it.

In our practice, we see kids put on contraception all the time (not by us, as we will not prescribe contraceptives) - it simply encourages them to be promiscuous.