Over-The-Counter Sales Reconsidered For Morning-After Pill

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Over-The-Counter Sales Reconsidered For Morning-After Pill
Barr Laboratories Would Set Age Limit On Availability

POSTED: 9:38 am EDT July 23, 2004

WASHINGTON -- The maker of a morning-after birth control pill called Plan B is moving ahead to its own "plan B."

Barr Laboratories is asking the Food and Drug Administration to again consider allowing the pills to be sold over-the-counter -- but only to women 16 and older.

The FDA rejected nonprescription sales two months ago, despite its own scientists advising that easier access to morning-after pills is a safe way to prevent thousands of abortions.

The agency said it would reconsider if Barr proposed to sell over-the-counter with the age restriction, or if it proved the pill's safety in younger girls. The FDA has six months to rule on Barr's new application.

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