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August 29, 2005
USA Today says FDA has abandoned its standards
In a Sunday editorial, USA Today blasted the FDA for yet another delay on Plan B.
Many pregnancies like those, and the awful choices they present, could be avoided if emergency contraception were easier to obtain.
Unfortunately, the Food and Drug Administration — in a blatant cave-in to political pressure from opponents of abortion rights at the expense of its own standards — said Friday it was indefinitely postponing a decision on whether the so-called morning-after pill could be dispensed without a prescription.
The editorial also points out that recent studies show increased access to EC doesn’t lead to riskier sexual behavior by teens. So there goes the whole what-if-teens-get-it argument.
Emergency contraception is already available in seven states over-the-counter (with no age restrictions). Of course, the problem of extremist pharmacists remains.
The fact that we’re still waiting for something so simple--and something that will curb the number of unintended pregnancies--is ridiculous.
Take action now.
Posted by Jessica at August 29, 2005 3:09 PM
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