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Prude or prudent?
WASHINGTON -- They lost me at the word "women." As so often happens with contemporary debate, arguments being proffered in support of allowing teenagers as young as 15 (and possibly younger) to buy the "morning-after pill" without adult supervision...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Planned Parenthood, Abortion
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Hoag to no longer perform elective abortions
In a letter to affiliated physicians and staff, Hoag Hospital announced that elective abortions will no longer be performed at the Newport Beach facility because of the low number of procedures done annually. The decision was based on a review of...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Planned Parenthood, Social Issues, Roman Catholicism, Hospitals and Clinics
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Letters: Science vs. politics on Plan B
Re "Birth control ruling appealed," May 2 It is fitting that the online version of this article on the Obama administration's appeal of an order to remove the age limit on Plan B emergency contraception appears on The Times' Science Now blog. As a...Tags: Birth Control, Family Planning, Health Treatments
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Does Plan B empower predators?
Reproductive-rights groups think the morning-after pill, Plan B, should be available to any girl who wants it. They believe teens benefit from avoiding unwanted pregnancies. But some opponents say the drug actually endangers adolescent girls. Shaw...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Food and Drug Administration
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Obama's Plan B misstep
The Obama administration overstepped its legal authority — and injected politics into what should have been a scientific decision — when it ordered the FDA to limit the availability of a common morning-after contraceptive without...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology, Kathleen Sebelius
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Community notes Friday, May 3, 2013
Meetings Sunday, May 5 Petoskey Duplicate Bridge Club meets at 1:30 p.m. on Sundays at 2144 Cemetery Road, Petoskey. All players welcome. Visit www.petoskeybridgeclub.com or call (231) 881-0829 for information. American Legion auxiliary 228 of Boyne...Tags: Mashed Potatoes, Human Body, Family, Auction Service, High School Sports
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Obama 'very comfortable' with age restriction on 'morning after' pill
MEXICO CITY -- President Obama says he’s “very comfortable” with a Food and Drug Administration ruling that maintains age restrictions on females who can buy the so-called morning after pill without a prescription. The rule announced...Tags: White House, Mexico, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections
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Most women back over-the-counter birth control pill
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Close to two-thirds of women favor making contraceptive pills available over the counter, according to a new nationally-representative survey. In addition, about 30 percent of women using either no birth control or a less...Tags: Science and Technology, Health and Safety at School, Health Organizations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration
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Plan B One-Step debate continues
Confused by the wrangling in federal court over the Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive? You're not the only one. As U.S. attorneys work hastily to halt a federal judge's order regarding the sale of the so-called morning-after pill, medical and...
Tags: White House, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Kathleen Sebelius, Food and Drug Administration
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Plan B contraception and Obama's betrayal of women
President Obama spit his game, as the kids say, when he spoke to an enthusiastic crowd at a Planned Parenthood conference a little over a week ago: “You’re making me blush,” he cooed to their thunderous applause. “I love you back.&...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Planned Parenthood, Kathleen Sebelius
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Locals React to FDA Decision on Emergency Contraception Sales
Channel 2 NewsThe Food and Drug Administration's approval of over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraception "morning-after pill" sparked debate in Alaska Wednesday. The FDA's Tuesday decision allows the "morning-after pill" Plan B to be sold to women and...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Family, Planned Parenthood, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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FDA approves Plan B for girls as young as 15
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it would allow the Plan B One-Step contraceptive to be sold without a prescription to girls as young as 15 years of age. The announcement partially reverses a December 2011...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Kathleen Sebelius, Food and Drug Administration
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