FDA to Approve Plan B for 17-Year-Olds Without a Prescription »
Posted By Beau7890 8 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsThe federal government plans to announce today that it would allow the sale of the morning-after pill Plan B without a prescription to women as young as 17, making the controversial contraceptive available to minors for the first time without a doctor's order, a federal official said.
The Food and Drug Administration agency is taking the action to comply with a judge's ruling last month that the agency's 2006 decision to limit availability of the contraceptive method to women 18 and older was invalid and politically motivated, the official said.
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