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Justice Department appeals morning-after pill ruling
The US Department of Justice appealed a federal judge’s ruling ordering regulators to provide emergency contraception to women and girls of all ages. Wednesday’s appeal came just one day after the Food and Drug Administration allowed a manufacturer to make the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill available to those age…
FDA expands Plan B over-the-counter access to those 15 and up
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that Plan B one-step emergency contraception will now be available to women ages 15 and up without a prescription. According the FDA website, the company Teva Women’s Health, Inc.’s application to market Plan B One-Step for over-the-counter sales has been approved.…
Judge Orders the HHS to Relent on Emergency Contraception
There’s very little doubt, I suspect, in the minds of anyone that Kathleen Sebelius’s choice, which was vigorously defended by President Obama (and suspected to come from him), to overrule the FDA’s decision to make Plan B emergency contraception available over-the-counter without age restrictions, was pure politics. Anti-choicers have been…
Federal judge strikes down age restrictions on over-the-counter emergency contraception
A federal judge in the Eastern District of New York ruled Friday morning that emergency contraception, more commonly known as the “morning after pill” or “Plan B,” should be made available to women of all ages over the counter, according to the New York Times. The judge blasted Secretary of…
CDC: Increased emergency contraception use highlights importance of access
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)’s National Center for Health Statistics has issued two new reports about contraceptive use among U.S. women. Not only did the organization find that use of emergency contraception has increased, but that 99 percent of sexually active American women have used birth control of some…
Plan B Vending Machines Approved By FDA
Excellent news: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania may have found an interesting workaround to one problem created by the HHS caving to forced birthers and forcing the FDA to continue with the scientifically unfounded policy of requiring ID proving you’re 17 or older to get emergency contraception. The policy has, so far,…
Maddow mocks Wheaton College over contraception coverage
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Monday mocked Wheaton College, located in a Chicago suburb, for challenging the contraception mandate while providing emergency contraception. The new Health & Human Services Department mandate requires most employers to provide free birth control coverage in their health insurance policies. “When the Obama administration unveiled…
Walgreens expanding globally despite refusing emergency contraception to men
Walgreens, already the largest drug retailing chain in the US, is to expand into the global marketplace with the takeover of Alliance Boots in the UK. It may have work to do on its reputation among female consumers, however, as it has repeatedly come under fire from US reproductive health…
Walgreens expands globally as contraception concerns linger
Walgreens, already the largest drug retailing chain in the US, is to expand into the global marketplace with the takeover of Alliance Boots in the UK. It may have work to do on its reputation among female consumers, however, as it has repeatedly come under fire from US reproductive health…
Study: A third of college students offer incorrect advice on emergency contraception even with the Internet’s help
A study conducted by researchers at Northwest University found that about a third of college students, even with the help of the Internet, could not successfully recommend that a hypothetical friend who faced a broken condom seek out emergency contraception. The study, conducted by sociologist Eszter Hargittai and Heather Young…
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