FDA Ordered to Rethink Age Restriction for Plan B
A federal judge ordered the Food and Drug Administration yesterday to reconsider its 2006 decision to deny girls younger than 18 access to the morning-after pill Plan B without a prescription. U.S. District Judge Edward R. Korman in New York instructed the agency to make Plan B available to 17-year-olds within 30 days and to review whether to make the emergency contraceptive available to all ages without a doctor's order. Article. Why is anyone taking this vile pill in the first place?! This should never have been approved by the FDA -- but it was a political decision that was made at the time -- and not one that even remotely considered the dangers of this drug to the woman or to our society. After all, what's another human life worth to the culture of death? To many politicians, politics is more important than a woman's health. Taking this pill has not reduced the number of pregnancies or abortions , but has only increased the numbers of women who are exposed to the risks...