A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York, has ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make the morning-after birth control pill available to people of any age without a prescription.
The order overturned a 2011 decision by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to require a prescription for girls under 17.
The morning after pill is design to terminate a pregnancy, only a day after intercourse when semen was released inside the female.
Teen pregnancy is an ongoing and upraising issue in society today. The morning after pill can help stop unintended pregnancy.
However, we should be promoting safe and protected safe and this pill wouldn’t be a high demand.
Just because this pill doesn’t need a prescription it is very expensive. At the local CVS, this pill is about $ 54 dollars.
In my opinion, it’s cheaper to buy a condom, than to end up needing a Plan B pill.
Friday's order came in response to a lawsuit launched by the Center for Reproductive Rights. The group was seeking to expand access to all brands of the morning-after pill over the counter, such as Plan B One-Step and Next Choice, so that women of all ages would be able to purchase them without a prescription
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