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Judge approves FDA plan to drop limits on morning after pill

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. district court judge on Wednesday approved a U.S. Food and Drug Administration plan to allow unrestricted sales of Plan B One-Step, a one-pill version of the emergency contraception drug.Full story

Age restrictions lifted on ‘morning-after’ pill

  The Obama administration now says it will comply with a judge’s order to make the pills readily available. NBC’s Lester Holt reports.

OTC morning-after pill sales coming — but not yet

Don't look for the morning-after pill to move next to the condoms on drugstore shelves right away — but after a decade-plus fight, it appears it really will happen. Backed into a corner by a series of court rulings, the Obama administration has agreed to let the Plan B One-Step brand of emergency co Full story

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