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Most women back over-the-counter birth control pill
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Close to two-thirds of women favor making contraceptive pills available over the counter, according to a new nationally-representative survey. In addition, about 30 percent of women using either no birth control or a less...Tags: Science and Technology, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Health Organizations, Breast Cancer, High Blood Pressure
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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: Science and Technology, Civil Rights, Consumers, Lawyers, Food and Drug Administration
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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: Barack Obama, Science and Technology, Food and Drug Administration, Plan B (drug), Family Planning
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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: Social Issues, Family Planning, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Planned Parenthood
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FDA approves Plan B for girls as young as 15
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it would allow the Plan B One-Step contraceptive to be sold without a prescription to girls as young as 15 years of age. The announcement partially reverses a December 2011...Tags: Women's Health, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Food and Drug Administration, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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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...
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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: Family Planning, Crime, Law and Justice, Food and Drug Administration, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Plan B (drug)
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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: Social Issues, Family Planning, Food and Drug Administration, Drugs and Medicines, Plan B (drug)
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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: Family Planning, Crime, Law and Justice, Food and Drug Administration, Plan B (drug), Judges
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Plan B now available to teens 15 and up
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - UPDATE: The Justice Department filed an appeal Wednesday over the federal judge's ruling allowing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to lower the age requirement from 17 to 15 years old for emergency contraception to be available...
Tags: Health Organizations, Family Planning, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Abusive Behavior
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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....
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Access To Plan B For Younger Girls Elicits Strong Local Reaction
The Hartford CourantOpinions about the FDA's approval of the Plan B One-Step contraceptive pill for girls as young as 15 varied sharply among Connecticut groups based on political and social ideology. Planned Parenthood of Southern New England said it supported the...Tags: CVS Corp., Women's Health, Food and Drug Administration, Plan B (drug), Social Issues
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