{"id":33092,"date":"2013-04-05T09:29:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T15:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/05\/the-otc-morning-after-pill.html"},"modified":"2013-04-05T10:58:42","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T16:58:42","slug":"the-otc-morning-after-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/05\/the-otc-morning-after-pill.html","title":{"rendered":"The OTC Morning-After Pill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Regardless of what you feel about it socially or religiously, the judge&#39;s observations that the FDA was playing political games over a scientific decision is spot-on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;m pretty sure, though, we&#39;ll see this appealed.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/04\/06\/health\/judge-orders-fda-to-make-morning-after-pill-available-over-the-counter-for-all-ages.html?_r=0'>Judge Orders F.D.A. to Make Morning-After Pill Available Over the Counter for All Ages<\/a><br \/>\n                                                A federal judge\u2019s ruling, the latest turn in a decade-long fight, lifts the requirement for girls 16 and under to obtain a prescription for Plan B One-Step, the most common morning-after pill.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'><span class='gpb-reshare'><br \/>This post has been reshared 1 times on <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/NXzyPRrmnTE' target='_new'>Google+<\/a><br \/><\/span> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/NXzyPRrmnTE' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regardless of what you feel about it socially or religiously, the judge&#39;s observations that the FDA was playing political games over a scientific decision is spot-on.\u00a0 I&#39;m pretty sure, though, we&#39;ll see this appealed. 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