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Plan B One-Step debate continues
Confused by the wrangling in federal court over the Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive? You're not the only one. As U.S. attorneys work hastily to halt a federal judge's order regarding the sale of the so-called morning-after pill, medical and...
Tags: Judges, Science and Technology, Plan B (drug), Kathleen Sebelius, White House
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Plan B contraception and Obama's betrayal of women
President Obama spit his game, as the kids say, when he spoke to an enthusiastic crowd at a Planned Parenthood conference a little over a week ago: “You’re making me blush,” he cooed to their thunderous applause. “I love you back.&...
Tags: Judges, American Academy of Pediatrics, Science and Technology, Plan B (drug), Kathleen Sebelius
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Locals React to FDA Decision on Emergency Contraception Sales
Channel 2 NewsThe Food and Drug Administration's approval of over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraception "morning-after pill" sparked debate in Alaska Wednesday. The FDA's Tuesday decision allows the "morning-after pill" Plan B to be sold to women and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Health Treatments, Judges, Social Issues, Birth Control
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Community notes Thursday, May 2, 2013
Births A daughter, Hadley May Meadows, was born to Stephanie and Jeremiah Meadows of Boyne City on Friday, April 26, 2013, at Charlevoix Area Hospital. Hadley weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long at birth. Her siblings are Paris Meadows...
Tags: Politics, Human Interest, Health, Anglicanism, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Plan B can be sold to 15-year-olds without prescription, FDA says
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has approved the sale of the emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B One-Step, without a prescription for females ages 15 and older. The action comes roughly three weeks after a federal...
Tags: Judges, Health Treatments, Crime, Law and Justice, Margaret Hamburg, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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FDA changes to morning-after pill fuels fire over emergency contraception debate
WDBJ7 Multimedia JournalistJust one day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced changes to the morning-after pill, many are asking themselves how young is too young? The pill, also known as Plan B One-Step, has always been a hot topic and many said the changes are...Tags: Health Treatments, Social Issues, Birth Control, Plan B (drug), Drugs and Medicines
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Justice Department is appealing decision to lift age limits and provide cheaper morning after pill
The Justice Department is appealing a judge's decision lifting all age limits on the Plan B morning-after birth control pill and a cheaper generic. The federal government says the judge who issued the ruling had exceeded his authority and that his...
Tags: Health Treatments, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Birth Control, Plan B (drug)
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Government will appeal Plan B emergency birth control ruling
The U.S. attorney's office announced late Wednesday that it would appeal a federal judge's decision to make Plan B One-Step and related emergency birth control pills available to consumers of all ages without a prescription. In papers filed with the U....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Health Treatments, Consumers, Plan B (drug)
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Local Planned Parenthood representatives engage community
Staff Writer, Copy EditorCALEXICO — Although Aurora Jaime had arrived at the bus stop a little late Monday to catch the class on early cancer detection, she did catch last week’s class about reproductive health. That class prompted her to schedule an appointment...Tags: Social Issues, Human Interest, Health, Health and Safety at School, Family
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FDA lowers age for buyers of Plan B pill to 15
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a surprise twist to the decade-plus effort to ease access to morning-after pills, the government is lowering the age limit to 15 for one brand — Plan B One-Step — and will let it be sold over the counter. Today,...
Tags: Judges, Women's Health, Plan B (drug), Kathleen Sebelius, Food and Drug Administration
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FDA: Morning-after pill OK for ages 15 and up
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is moving the morning-after pill over the counter but only those 15 and older can buy it — an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the...Tags: Judges, Women's Health, Plan B (drug), Kathleen Sebelius, Food and Drug Administration
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Black women may gain more weight with contraceptives
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Black women were the most likely to gain weight while using a long-acting form of contraception, such as a hormone implant or intrauterine device (IUD), in a small new study. Researchers found that during a year of using...Tags: Health Treatments, Science and Technology, Birth Control, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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