FDA will authorize Plan B for 17-year-olds without a prescription, reversing Bush policy.

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/22/plan-b-17/

FDA will authorize Plan B for 17-year-olds without a prescription.


Last month, U.S. District Judge Edward Korman concluded that Bush administration officials let "political considerations, delays, and implausible justifications" rule decision-making on the emergency contraception Plan B. Korman ruled that "at the behest of political actors," the FDA commissioner "decided to deny non-prescription access to women 16 and younger before FDA scientific review staff had completed their reviews." The FDA is now announcing that it will be complying with Korman's order and reversing the Bush-era policy. Women 17 years old will be able to purchase the emergency contraception without a prescription.

[uppityperson]

1. EXCELLENT!!! K&R

[coffeenap]

2. Yay!! nt

[Laelth]

3. What a difference 100 days makes. Good! n/t

:dem:

-Laelth