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US government files morning-after pill appeal
NEW YORK (AP) — The Obama administration on Monday filed a last-second appeal to delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn last week refused...
Tags: Health Treatments, U.S. Department of Justice, Birth Control, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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FDA: Morning-after pill OK for ages 15 and up
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is moving the morning-after pill over the counter but only those 15 and older can buy it — an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Women's Health, Barack Obama, Health Treatments, Washington, DC
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Some urge Boehner: let Dems pass fiscal cliff bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — In case the public weren't frustrated enough over Congress' failure to resolve the "fiscal cliff," consider this: lawmakers probably could enact a compromise quickly and easily if Republican leaders let Democrats provide most of...Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., U.S. Congress, Nancy Pelosi
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Anti-tax conservatives say they'd rather jump off cliff than compromise
BOSTON (AP) — In the city where a protest over tax policy sparked a revolution, modern day tea party activists are cheering the recent Republican revolt in Washington that embarrassed House Speaker John Boehner and pushed the country closer to a...
Tags: CBS Corp., Parties and Movements, Politics, Activism, U.S. Congress
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FDA debates over-the-counter morning-after pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is considering whether it's OK for young teenagers to buy emergency contraception without a prescription. Teva Pharmaceuticals wants its Plan B morning-after pill to become the first truly over-the-counter form of...Tags: Health Treatments, Washington, DC, Health, Family Planning, Food and Drug Administration
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No over-the-counter sales for morning-after pill
MISHAWAKA – The controversial Plan B or "morning-After pill" as it's called will not be moved to drug store shelves after all.
The FDA was planning on approving changes to the way the pill was sold with allowing girls under 17 to buy it without...Tags: Health Treatments, Birth Control, Health, Family Planning, Food and Drug Administration
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NCJW disappointed by 'pill' restrictions
Not since "the pill" became widely available in the 60s, has there been such a battle over birth control than the one currently being waged over "Plan B" emergency contraception and its restrictions. Moreover, following the Food and Drug Administration...Tags: Politics, Food and Drug Administration, Fort Lauderdale, Manufacturing and Engineering, Instrument Engineering
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Community notes Monday, May 20, 2013
Births A son, Alexander James Goldsmith, was born to Jayson and Sara Goldsmith of Boyne City at 4:41 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. Alexander weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long at birth. His...
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A birth control double standard
In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore — as well as most grocery and big-box...
Tags: Health Treatments, Birth Control, Standards, Feminism, Justice System
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LETTER: Plan B Puts No One at Risk
Regarding "Plan B Decision Praised, Criticized [May 2, CTNow]: Peter Wolfgang's views presented within are misguided and misleading. As a nursing student and contraception advocate, I want to offer some background Mr. Wolfgang left out. Plan B is a...Tags: Health Treatments, Birth Control, Diabetes, Family Planning, Drugs and Medicines
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Community notes Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Births A daughter Lillian Dale Baynham, was born to Adam and Katy Baynham of Petoskey at 4:29 p.m. Saturday, April 27, 2013, at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. Lillian weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long at birth. She has a...
Tags: Domestic Violence, Anglicanism, Family, Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault
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Judge again rejects limits on emergency contraception
In yet another scathing critique of government health officials, a federal judge refused Friday to stay his order making emergency contraceptives available to consumers of all ages without a prescription. Calling government efforts to restrict the...
Tags: National Government, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, Politics, Food and Drug Administration, Government
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May 15, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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