Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Soon no prescription for morning-after pill?


Looks like the GOP know they are in deep do-do. The crusading crackpots' heads will explode if this happens.

Soon no prescription for morning-after pill?:

Women might soon be able to get the morning-after pill without a doctor's prescription -- a hotly debated plan that seemed to be stuck in bureaucratic limbo until Monday.

After months of silence on the matter, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told Barr Pharmaceuticals that it wanted to meet within seven days to talk about how to allow women 18 and older to walk into pharmacies and buy the emergency contraceptive Plan B over-the-counter.

Minors would still need a prescription, despite independent advisers to the FDA in 2003 overwhelmingly endorsing over-the-counter sales for all ages.

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