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'Morning-After Pill' to be sold as over the counter to ages 15 and older
news@ky3.comWASHINGTON (AP) - The Plan B morning-after pill is moving over-the-counter, a decision announced by the Food and Drug Administration just days before a court-imposed deadline. Tuesday, the FDA lowered to 15 the age at which girls and women can buy the...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Washington, DC, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Pediatricians' group creates controversy by saying girls should have morning-after prescription, just in case
sforhetz@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The American Academy of Pediatrics has a controversial recommendation for parents of teenage girls. The doctors group says in a new policy statement that a prescription for the Plan B pill, also known as the morning-after pill, should...Tags: General Practitioners, Family Planning, Birth Control, Health Treatments, American Academy of Pediatrics
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NCJW disappointed by 'pill' restrictions
Not since "the pill" became widely available in the 60s, has there been such a battle over birth control than the one currently being waged over "Plan B" emergency contraception and its restrictions. Moreover, following the Food and Drug Administration...Tags: Miami Beach, Politics, Instrument Engineering, Family Planning, Science and Technology
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Community notes Monday, May 20, 2013
Births A son, Alexander James Goldsmith, was born to Jayson and Sara Goldsmith of Boyne City at 4:41 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. Alexander weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long at birth. His...
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LETTER: Plan B Puts No One at Risk
Regarding "Plan B Decision Praised, Criticized [May 2, CTNow]: Peter Wolfgang's views presented within are misguided and misleading. As a nursing student and contraception advocate, I want to offer some background Mr. Wolfgang left out. Plan B is a...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Family Planning, Diabetes, Health Treatments, Birth Control
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A birth control double standard
In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore — as well as most grocery and big-box...
Tags: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Standards, Feminism, Family Planning, Science and Technology
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Plan B pill age change a big risk, official says
Alamogordo Daily News, N.M.The Director of the local Pregnancy Help Center spoke about the health and social risks she felt could be issues now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved selling the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B One-Step over the counter to...Tags: Women's Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Abortion, Birth Control, Health Treatments
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Monday last day for morning-after pill appeal
Tulsa WorldThe government is running out of time to try to halt implementation of a federal judge's ruling that would lift age restrictions for women and girls wanting to buy the morning-after pill. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn last week refused...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), U.S. Department of Justice, Kathleen Sebelius, Health Treatments, Justice System
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Subject for debate: OTC Plan B for all
Change of Subject"Plan B," the morning-after contraceptive, is reportedly as safe as aspirin, even when taken by adolescents. Aduilts can buy it over the counter, but I say let everyone buy it who wants it or needs it. In an ideal world,...... -
Teva treads lightly in morning-after controversy
The Philadelphia InquirerThe recent controversy surrounding the morning-after contraceptive pill called Plan B One-Step has been argued in political, regulatory, and legal circles. But Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which makes the drug and has its Americas headquarters in Montgomery...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Drugs and Medicines, Brooklyn (New York City), IMS Health Incorporated, Kathleen Sebelius
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Revisions of A-F school grading formula pass Oklahoma House
Tulsa WorldThe Oklahoma House of Representatives addressed the controversial A-F school grading formula and a Food and Drug Administration ruling on emergency contraception in legislation approved Thursday. By a count of 55-36, the House adopted revisions to the...Tags: Mary Fallin, Politics, Birth Control, Health Treatments, Elections
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EDITORIAL: County should not ban Plan B
Greeley Tribune, Colo.Plan B, an emergency contraceptive known as the morning-after pill, should not be banned from county health clinics. At a hearing last week to approve a federal grant that funds birth control and family planning, commissioners said they would stand by...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Personal Income, Family Planning, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments
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