Contraceptives

Judge Denies Administration's Request To Delay Plan-B Ruling

Julie Rovner — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:24:00 +0000

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Women's Health Groups Angered By Morning-After Pill Moves

Julie Rovner — Thu, 02 May 2013 21:14:00 +0000

The administration's actions this week on emergency contraception have left many women's health groups sputtering with anger.

But what really has some of the President Obama's usual allies irritated is the fact that the moves are in direct contrast to speeches he made in just the past week.

Recall that on Tuesday the Food and Drug Administration defied a federal judge's order to make the morning-after pill available over-the-counter to women of all ages by approving a mo

FDA OKs Prescription-Free Plan B Pill for Women 15 and Up

Julie Rovner — Wed, 01 May 2013 00:01:00 +0000

In an effort to find a compromise for a politically fraught issue, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a proposal to make the emergency contraceptive pill Plan B more available to some younger teens without a prescription and to older women by moving the medication out from behind the pharmacy counter.

But the proposal stops short of the full over-the-counter, no-age-restriction order

Family Doctors Consider Dropping Birth Control Training Rule

Julie Rovner — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:29:00 +0000

One of the more popular provisions of the federal health law requires that women be given much freer access to prescription methods of birth control.

With Plan B Ruling, Judge Signs Off On Years Of Advocacy

Julie Rovner — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:35:00 +0000

A federal judge ordered Friday what women's groups have failed to accomplish politically for a dozen years. He ruled that Plan B, the most commonly used morning-after birth control pill, be sold without a prescription or other restrictions to women of all ages.

Federal District Court Judge Edward Korman has been overseeing the case on and off since 2005. He found, among other things, that the Food and Drug Administration "has engaged in intolerable delays ...