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Pharmacists routinely misinform young women about whether they can get emergency contraception
TweetOn the heels of the outrageous, unprecedented HHS decision to overrule the FDA’s recommendation to make Plan B fully available without a prescription comes a new study revealing just how inaccessible emergency contraception is–even for those women who theoretically already have over-the-counter access. Researchers posing as 17-year-old women called pharmacies around the country to ask [...]
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Breaking: FDA may approve EC to be sold on drugstore shelves
TweetVia our very own Jessica Valenti comes the news that the Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce tomorrow that it will approve making Plan B (the brand name for emergency contraception or the morning after pill) available for purchase on drugstore shelves. I think I join a lot of my colleagues in the [...]
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Center for Reproductive Rights takes the FDA to court for EC restrictions
Tweet Good to see them take action on this. The Center for Reproductive Rights is taking the FDA to court today for ignoring a court order to reconsider their age restrictions and allow emergency contraception to be sold over-the-counter to all ages: At the start of his administration, President Obama declared that politics would no [...]
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The morning-after pill is not an abortion pill