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Plan B decision delay spawns lawsuit.(POLICY & PRACTICE)
An advocacy group is suing the Food and Drug Administration for delaying its decision on over-the-counter status for the emergency contraceptive Plan B (levonorgestrel). "Half of the 3 million pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended each year. By denying women over-the-counter access to a safe and effective drug that would significantly reduce those numbers--including pregnancies that end in abortion--the FDA is acting unlawfully," said Nancy Northrup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which filed its suit in a New York district court. The FDA had been scheduled to issue a decision in late January on a second application for OTC status for ...
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