[Infowarrior] - OT: FDA Eases Limits on Plan B Sales

[Richard Forno]

FDA Eases Limits on Plan B Sales

Aug 24, 9:15 AM (ET)
By ANDREW BRIDGES

WASHINGTON (AP) - Women may buy the morning-after pill without a
prescription - but only with proof they're 18 or older, federal health
officials ruled Thursday, capping a contentious 3-year effort to ease access
to the emergency contraceptive.

Girls 17 and younger still will need a doctor's note to buy the pills,
called Plan B, the Food and Drug Administration told manufacturer Barr
Pharmaceuticals Inc. (BRL)

The compromise decision is a partial victory for women's advocacy and
medical groups that say eliminating sales restrictions could cut in half the
nation's 3 million annual unplanned pregnancies.

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