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By Erin • 15 years ago

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!
By Erin • 15 years ago

Controversy: Bill Richardson’s beard

Is it just me, or was anyone reminded of the Hillary Clinton pantsuit "controversy," or the cleavage-showing-shirt "controversy," or the general large amount of attention paid to her appearance rather than her qualifications, today when CNN kept going on and on about the fact that Bill Richardson shaved his beard?  Obviously, lack of facial hair in no way reflects on his ability to be Commerce Secretary.  At first I felt a bit vindicated that finally it was a man’s appearance that was getting so much more publicity than his credentials were, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that this wasn’t a victory against sexism so much as it was sexism targeted at males.  Thoughts?

Is it just me, or was anyone reminded of the Hillary Clinton pantsuit "controversy," or the cleavage-showing-shirt "controversy," or the general large amount of attention paid to her appearance rather than her qualifications, today when CNN kept ...