Morning-After Pill
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Morning-after pill restrictions: Government must decide on age restrictions
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The government is running out of time to try to halt implementation of a federal judge's ruling that would lift age restrictions for women and girls wanting to buy the morning-after pill.
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Morning-after pill: NY judge urged not to delay decision
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Reproductive rights advocates have asked a New York City judge not to delay a plan to let women and teenage girls buy morning-after birth control without a prescription.
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Morning-after pill for 15-year-olds debate continues
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Opinions remain split for many over new rules issued last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which lowered the age for buying the drug without a prescription from 17 to 15.
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Obama okay with morning-after pill sales at age 15
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President Barack Obama said Thursday he was comfortable with his administration's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for anyone 15 and older.
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Morning-after pill to be available over the counter for ages 15 and above
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The Justice Department is appealing a judge's decision lifting all age limits on the Plan B morning-after birth control pill and a cheaper generic.
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'Morning after pill' must be made available to women of all ages: NY judge
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A New York federal judge has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration must make emergency contraceptives available to women of all ages within 30 days.
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Morning-after pill usage spikes dramatically since 2002
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Use of emergency contraception among American women spiked between 2006 and 2010, more than doubling in that time span, according to a new Centers for Disease Control report.
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