Wednesday 7 December 2011

FDA overruled: No to younger teens getting morning-after contraception without prescription

WASHINGTON - In a surprise move with election-year implications, the Obama administration's top health official overruled her own drug regulators and stopped the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms. The decision by Health and Human Services Secretary ...


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