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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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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: Plan B (drug), Social Issues, Health Treatments, Food and Drug Administration, 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: Plan B (drug), Judges, Health Treatments, Food and Drug Administration, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Plan B (drug), Judges, Health Treatments, Food and Drug Administration, Abusive Behavior
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Contraception is a much bigger deal than gay marriage
Change of Subject(Opponents of gay marriage) may well be right that the widespread adoption of a non-conjugal view of marriage leads to negative social consequences, including explosions in rates of divorce and out-of-wedlock births. But that’s an argument against... -
UPDATE: Ax-wielding man damages Planned Parenthood clinic
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Southern Indiana police arrested a man on suspicion of using an ax to smash windows and damage computers at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bloomington on Thursday. Benjamin D. Curell, 27, of Ellettsville, was arrested on...
Tags: Social Issues, Hospitals and Clinics, Vandalism, Human Rights, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Questions remain after judge lifts age limit on Plan B
With a federal judge clearing away age restrictions on purchasing emergency contraception, many Chicago-area health care providers, teens and others are preparing for more accessibility — even if they're not exactly sure how the drug will be made...
Tags: Health Treatments, IMS Health Incorporated, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Health and Medical Professionals
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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: Plan B (drug), Judges, Margaret Hamburg, Health Treatments, Food and Drug Administration
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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: Patty Murray, Health Treatments, Washington, DC, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Pence signs bill tightening Indiana abortion pill rules; Planned Parenthood expects challenge
Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Planned Parenthood officials say they anticipate a court challenge to a bill signed into law by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence that tightens the state's regulations on distribution of the abortion pill. The governor's office says Pence...Tags: Social Issues, Judges, Hospitals and Clinics, Executive Branch, Planned Parenthood
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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: Patty Murray, Health Treatments, Washington, DC, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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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, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Science and Technology, Birth Control
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