Tag Archives: FDA
Age restrictions on emergency contraception access are unacceptable
TweetFeministing co-founder Jessica Valenti has a well written and compelling piece in the Nation today on the FDA’s decision to make emergency contraception, or the morning after pill, available over the counter to women older than 15 years old who can “prove their age”. From the FDA press release: The product will now be labeled [...]
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Breaking: Judge orders FDA to make the morning-after pill available over-the-counter for all ages
TweetWhoo hooo! Now this just makes common sense: A federal judge has ruled that the Unites States government must make the most common morning-after pill available over the counter for all ages, instead of requiring a prescription for girls 16 and under. The decision, on a fraught and politically controversial subject, comes after a decade-long [...]
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Pediatricians say emergency contraception should be available to women of all ages
TweetJust days after OB/GYNs called for the pill to be available over-the-counter, pediatricians are recommending that emergency contraception be more readily accessible for teens. Last year, Health and Human Services Secretary Katherine Sebelius refused to allow EC to be available without a prescription for women under 17. In doing so, she acted contrary to the guidance [...]
You can now test for HIV at home
TweetThe Food and Drug Administration has approved OraQuick, a product that allows you to test for HIV in your own home. An over-the-counter test already existed but required you to prick your finger and send the blood sample to a lab. But the new test allows users to take a swab from the inside of [...]
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