The Obama administration has finally announced that it will follow a judge’s order to allow easier access to the “morning after pill” for girls of any age, without the need for prescriptions.

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The FDA originally approved the pill, called “Plan B One-Step”, in 2009.



amended their application to make it available over the counter strictly for women 15 years of age





“arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable.”





“As the father of two daughters, I think it is important for us to make sure that we apply some common sense to various rules when it comes to over-the-counter medicine.”

Obama Drops Challenge To Teens Purchasing Pill




be sold “without a prescription and without age or point-of-sale prescriptions.”

it is “about time that the administration stopped opposing women having access to safe and effective birth control.”







“We’re very concerned and disappointed at the same time because what we see here is the government caving to political pressure instead of putting first the health and safety of girls (and) parental rights.”

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The morning after pill will soon be easily accessible for all.
The April 5 ruling ordered for the morning after pill to be easily accessible for anyone with no age restrictions or need to have a prescription.

“politically motivated, scientifically unjustified and contrary to agency precedent.”





women of all ages will soon be able to buy their morning after pills regardless of their age and without the need to see a doctor first.