Women's Groups Blast Administration's Decision to Fight 'Plan B' Access Case - US News and World Report
Seeded on Thu May 2, 2013 2:04 PM
The fight to make emergency contraceptives – popularly known as Plan B – available to women of all ages over the counter hit another snag Wednesday as the Justice Department announced it would appeal a recent court order that would have removed all restrictions on the drug.
The Federal District Court decision, issued last month by Edward Korman of New York's Eastern District, would have been set to go into effect Monday. The Plan B pill was previously available over the counter to women over the age of 17.The DOJ decision to appeal is the week's second blow to women's groups, who have fought to remove all restrictions on Plan B for a decade. Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration announced it would lower the over-the-counter age to 15, a kind of half-concession, according to people like Susannah Baruch, CEO of the Reproductive Health Technologies Project."Both announcements, and particularly taken together, highlight this administration's apparent willingness to cut corners on women's health," Baruch says. "There is simply no medical justification for the FDA's move this week or for the administration's decision to appeal. This is only political interference in scientific decision making."
somebody help me here the DOJ, what does justice have to do with prevention to those of an age that they can conceive. were they not teens before butts, it's gonna happn it's natral all the just say no's and crap does not trump physiology.
President Barack Obama has previously said he does not support making Plan B available to women of all ages."The question is, can we have the confidence that [adolescents] would potentially use Plan B properly?" Obama said in 2011.
i understand he's a dad, but is plan B better than the alternatives, that could cost two lives not to mention their future, expenses if a kid that would be on you. i have a daughter i know the worry but still back anything in a corner and it will fight or do what's necessary.
