Plan B – One Step Closer!

Courtesy of the Wall St. Journal Law Blog : 

A federal court has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to let Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. sell its Plan B emergency-contraceptive pill without a prescription to women age 17 and older.

Currently the product is sold without a prescription to women age 18 and older.

A ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York released Monday ordered the agency to "reconsider its decisions regarding the Plan B switch to [over-the-counter] use."

The court also said the agency needs to permit Barr Pharmaceuticals to make Plan B available to "17 year olds without a prescription, under the same conditions as Plan B is now available to women over the age of 18" within 30 days.

Nice job, E.D. NY, for protecting the reproductive health of one more age-group of women!