Bush's Plan B Abortion Pill to Be Available to Minors

Daily Free Press
The [abortifacient] contraceptive pill Plan B will be available over the counter to 17-year-olds by the end of April after a federal judge ordered the Food and Drug Administration to follow his ruling within 30 days March 23. Plan B has been available over the counter to women who are 18 and older since 2006, yet the decision to place restrictions on the dispersion of the pill was influenced by the politics of the Bush administration, not women’s safety, United States District Court Judge Edward Korman said in his 52-page ruling. Plan B is also available with a prescription. The FDA refused to comment on the Plan B 'opinion'. “We are still reviewing the judge’s decision,” FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research spokeswoman Rita Chappelle said.
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Flashback - July 31, 2006
Bush's FDA to OK Abortion Pill Sales?
WASHINGTON -- The government is considering allowing over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill, but only to women 18 and older. The surprise move Monday revives efforts to widen access to the emergency contraceptive almost a year after it was thought doomed. The Food and Drug Administration notified manufacturer Barr Laboratories Inc. early Monday that it wanted to meet within seven days to iron out new steps the company must take in its three-year battle to sell the (abortifacient) pill, called Plan B, without a prescription to at least some women.

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Flashback - August 30, 2006
Bush Irks Religious Right for Approving Plan B Abortion Pill Sales
WASHINGTON -- Just 10 weeks before the midterm elections, the White House has irked its base again. This time it's social conservatives, who are disappointed that President Bush endorsed a decision to allow over-the-counter sales of the Plan B morning-after contraceptive pill to adults. Making matters much worse, the White House all but blew off those conservatives who called to ask about the decision.

Flashback - August 21, 2006
Bush Approves Over-the-Counter Sales of Plan B
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President George Bush indicated he supports over-the-counter sales of Plan B, a so-called morning-after contraceptive -- except for minors. Bush told a news conference at the temporary press room across from the White House he supports plans by Acting Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach to OK sales of Plan B without a prescription. "I believe Plan B ought to be a required prescription for minors," Bush said, adding he supports "Andy's decision."

Posted by Editor at April 8, 2009 05:34 AM