FDA reconsiders making Plan B available over the counter for women over the age of 18.
"...The announcement came just 24 hours before President Bush’s nominee to lead the regulatory agency, Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, was scheduled to appear before a Senate committee, where he was expected to face grilling on why the morning-after pill had apparently gone into bureaucratic limbo.
Contraceptive advocates and doctors groups say easier access to a pill now available by prescription only could halve the nation’s 3 million annual unintended pregnancies, and FDA’s own scientists say the pills are safe. In December 2003, the agency’s independent scientific advisers overwhelmingly backed nonprescription sales for all ages."
Best not to ask why, just keep fingers crossed.
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