Judge Orders Morning-After Pill Available for All Ages [View all]

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Source: NY Times

Judge Orders Morning-After Pill Available for All Ages
By PAM BELLUCK
Published: April 5, 2013

A federal judge has ruled that the Unites States government must make the most common morning-after pill available over the counter for all ages, instead of requiring a prescription for girls 16 and under.

The decision, on a fraught and politically controversial subject, comes after a decade-long fight over who should have access to the pill and under what circumstances, and it counteracts an unprecedented move by the Obama administration’s Health and Human Services secretary who in 2011 overruled a recommendation by the Food and Drug Administration to make the pill available for all ages without a prescription.

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Judge Korman ordered the F.D.A. to lift any age and sale restrictions on the pill, Plan B One-Step, and its generic versions, within 30 days.

The F.D.A. and the Department of Health and Human Services declined to comment on the ruling Friday morning or indicate whether the government would file an appeal, saying the decision was being reviewed.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/06/health/judge-orders-fda-to-make-morning-after-pill-available-over-the-counter-for-all-ages.html?hp&_r=0

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This was a breaking news and what was posted is all that they had so far. This will be big news.

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