FDA is overturned on easier access to Plan B contraceptive pill

For the first time, the health and human services secretary publicly overruled the Food and Drug Administration, refusing Wednesday to allow emergency contraceptives to be sold over the counter to teens 16 and younger.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=kI0wiMQn-Y0:_2wULYeanLw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=kI0wiMQn-Y0:_2wULYeanLw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=kI0wiMQn-Y0:_2wULYeanLw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=kI0wiMQn-Y0:_2wULYeanLw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=kI0wiMQn-Y0:_2wULYeanLw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=kI0wiMQn-Y0:_2wULYeanLw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dp-news-topstories/~4/kI0wiMQn-Y0" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

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