Published 28 April 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b1756
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b1756

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FDA agrees to ease restrictions on emergency contraceptive

Janice Hopkins Tanne

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The US Food and Drug Administration said on 22 April that it would accept and not appeal against a New York federal court decision that 17 year old women should be able to buy the emergency contraceptive pill Plan B without a prescription.

The agency said, "In accordance with the court’s order, and consistent with the scientific findings made in 2005 by the [FDA’s] Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA notified the manufacturer of Plan B informing the company that it may, upon submission and approval of an appropriate application, market Plan B to women 17 years of age and older."

The case was originally brought in 2005 by the Center for Reproductive Rights, which sued the FDA for not giving over the counter status to Plan B, against advice from its own scientific experts. The court ruled on 23 March this year that the FDA should make the . . . [Full text of this article]


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