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08-24-2006, 10:57 AM
FDA Approves OTC Sales of Plan B
By Marc Kaufman and Rob Stein (http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/marc+kaufman+and+rob+stein/)
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, August 24, 2006; 11:36 AM
The Food and Drug Administration approved an applicationtoday making the long-debated emergency contraceptive Plan B, commonly known as the "morning-after pill," available without a prescription to women 18 and older.
The FDA said Barr Laboratories, the maker of Plan B, could begin selling the drug, but only at pharmacies and health clinics. Women purchasing the drug will have to show proof of age.
Many social conservatives in and out of Congress have battled to keep the drug from becoming available without a prescription. Some say that could encourage promiscuity, and others say use of the pill causes a very early abortion. Their position had for almost three years trumped an overwhelming medical and scientific consensus that the drug could be safely dispensed by a pharmacist without a prescription.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/24/AR2006082400559.html
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Looks like the Repubs feel their electoral hopes are more promising outside of their social conservative/holy roller/Bible-thumping base.
By Marc Kaufman and Rob Stein (http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/marc+kaufman+and+rob+stein/)
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, August 24, 2006; 11:36 AM
The Food and Drug Administration approved an applicationtoday making the long-debated emergency contraceptive Plan B, commonly known as the "morning-after pill," available without a prescription to women 18 and older.
The FDA said Barr Laboratories, the maker of Plan B, could begin selling the drug, but only at pharmacies and health clinics. Women purchasing the drug will have to show proof of age.
Many social conservatives in and out of Congress have battled to keep the drug from becoming available without a prescription. Some say that could encourage promiscuity, and others say use of the pill causes a very early abortion. Their position had for almost three years trumped an overwhelming medical and scientific consensus that the drug could be safely dispensed by a pharmacist without a prescription.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/24/AR2006082400559.html
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Looks like the Repubs feel their electoral hopes are more promising outside of their social conservative/holy roller/Bible-thumping base.