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Thursday, August 24, 2006

Morning-After Pill Without Prescription Okayed By FDA (8:46 am)

Andrew Bridges and Lauran Neergaard for AP report:

Women may buy the morning-after pill without a prescription — but only with proof they’re 18 or older, federal health officials decided Thursday. The
Food and Drug Administration ruling culminated a contentious three-year effort to ease access to the emergency contraceptive.

Girls 17 and younger still will need a doctor’s note to buy the pills, called Plan B, the FDA told manufacturer Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.

posted by Brian Zick

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