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Lisa
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FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
WASHINGTON Aug 24, 2006 (AP)— Women may buy the morning-after pill without a prescription but only with proof they're 18 or older, federal health officials ruled Thursday, capping a contentious 3-year effort to ease access to the emergency contraceptive.
Girls 17 and younger still will need a doctor's note to buy the pills, called Plan B, the Food and Drug Administration told manufacturer Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.
The compromise decision is a partial victory for women's advocacy and medical groups that say eliminating sales restrictions could cut in half the nation's 3 million annual unplanned pregnancies.
The pills are a concentrated dose of the same drug found in many regular birth-control pills. When a woman takes the pills within 72 hours of unprotected sex, they can lower the risk of pregnancy by up to 89 percent. If she already is pregnant, the pills have no effect.
Barr has said it hopes to begin nonprescription sales of Plan B by the end of the year. The pills will be sold only from behind the counter at pharmacies so the pharmacist can check photo identification but not at convenience stores or gas stations.
There isn't enough scientific evidence that young teens can safely use Plan B without a doctor's supervision, Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, the FDA's acting commissioner, said in a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
But Barr did prove that over-the-counter use is safe for older teens and adults and licensed pharmacies are used to checking for proof of age 18 before selling tobacco and certain other products, von Eschenbach wrote in explaining the agency's age cutoff.
"This approach should help ensure safe and effective use of the product," he concluded.
On the Net:
Food and Drug Administration: http://www.fda.gov/
Plan B: http://www.go2planb.com/
Looks like a partial victory for womans groups!! 
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AimeeE2006
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
This really is big news.
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| Posted 8/24/06 9:56 AM |
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TheLorax
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
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Shanti
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Stacey1403
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
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nov04libride
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
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| Posted 8/24/06 10:04 AM |
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JenniferEver
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
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baghag
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LFitzy79
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
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| Posted 8/24/06 10:08 AM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
great news
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| Posted 8/24/06 10:08 AM |
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Shroggie
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
it's about time
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| Posted 8/24/06 10:20 AM |
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
awesome 
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| Posted 8/24/06 10:20 AM |
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MsMBV
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
Message edited 8/24/2006 10:21:06 AM.
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| Posted 8/24/06 10:20 AM |
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~Colleen~
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
Finally!
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| Posted 8/24/06 10:21 AM |
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BigB
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
Wow, I guess I am in the minority here. I think this allows people to be even more irresponsible when it comes to having sex.
In my neighborhood, there are pregnant teenagers all of the time but taking the morning after pill won't teach them to be any more responsible about having sex. Now they can have more unprotected sex and have an easier out!
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| Posted 8/24/06 10:25 AM |
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JRG71
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
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Lisa
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
Posted by BigB
Wow, I guess I am in the minority here. I think this allows people to be even more irresponsible when it comes to having sex.
In my neighborhood, there are pregnant teenagers all of the time but taking the morning after pill won't teach them to be any more responsible about having sex. Now they can have more unprotected sex and have an easier out!
This will ONLY be allowed over the counter for woman over the age of 18....underage children will still have to go to a doctor to get a prescription....
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| Posted 8/24/06 10:31 AM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
Posted by BigB
Wow, I guess I am in the minority here. I think this allows people to be even more irresponsible when it comes to having sex.
In my neighborhood, there are pregnant teenagers all of the time but taking the morning after pill won't teach them to be any more responsible about having sex. Now they can have more unprotected sex and have an easier out!
I respect your point but it is better than the alternative, unwanted pregnancies......
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McSullivan
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
I don't know.
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| Posted 8/24/06 10:32 AM |
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Lisa
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
Posted by McSullivan
I don't know.
Huh?
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| Posted 8/24/06 10:33 AM |
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BaroqueMama
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
Posted by BigB
Wow, I guess I am in the minority here. I think this allows people to be even more irresponsible when it comes to having sex.
In my neighborhood, there are pregnant teenagers all of the time but taking the morning after pill won't teach them to be any more responsible about having sex. Now they can have more unprotected sex and have an easier out!
If people want to end a pregnancy, they'll do it one way or another.
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| Posted 8/24/06 10:34 AM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
Posted by Lisa
Posted by McSullivan
I don't know.
Huh?
I think she is saying she does not know how she feels about the issue. This is going to be a controversal topic....
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| Posted 8/24/06 10:35 AM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
Posted by prncssrachel
Posted by BigB
Wow, I guess I am in the minority here. I think this allows people to be even more irresponsible when it comes to having sex.
In my neighborhood, there are pregnant teenagers all of the time but taking the morning after pill won't teach them to be any more responsible about having sex. Now they can have more unprotected sex and have an easier out!
If people want to end a pregnancy, they'll do it one way or another.
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Lisa
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Re: FDA Allows Nonprescription sales of "Moring after Pill" for woman ove the age of 18!!
FYI...the morning after pill doenst terminate a pregnancy...it prevents implantation....if you are already pregnant...it will have not effect on your pregnancy
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