F.D.A. Easing Access to ‘Morning After’ Pill
By GARDINER HARRIS Published: April 22, 2009 WASHINGTON — Seventeen-year-olds will soon be allowed to buy morning-after contraceptive pills without a doctor’s prescription after federal drug regulators complied with a judge’s order and lowered the age limit by a year. The decision on Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration, which overturns one of the most controversial health rulings of the Bush administration, was scorned by abortion opponents and hailed by their abortion rights counterparts. Visit the New York Times website for the rest of the article.
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