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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Go Tuscaloosa

So thrilled to see such a pro-birth control, pro-Plan B, sensible article from Tuscaloosanews.com:

The move to put the “morning after" pill on store shelves this week was long in coming, for it is an effective and economical way to prevent pregnancy. Over-the-counter access should reduce unintended pregnancies and abortions...

National drugstore chains CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid will all carry Plan B.

“Most of our stores should have it by [now]," said Jody Cook, spokeswoman for Rite Aid.

Until March, Wal-Mart would not stock the prescription version of Plan B, but the chain said the pill will be available in all stores by mid-November in prescription and over-the-counter forms.

Wal-Mart’s “conscientious objection policy," which allows an employee to refuse to fill a prescription on ethical or moral grounds, will remain in place, said Kory Lundberg, a Wal-Mart spokesman. In such cases, another pharmacist or employee would complete the sale...

There are nearly three million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Studies also show that women are more likely to use an emergency contraceptive if it is readily available.


More TK, very soon. For now, read about the Center for Reproductive Rigths's lawsuit, Tummino v. Crawford, in which they're suing the FDA for access to emergency contraception for women of all ages and investigating the delay in getting it approved. There are plenty of documents to peruse at the link above, here's their brief summary of the case:

Tummino v. Crawford (FDA CASE)
On January 21, 2005, the Center filed suit against the Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration in federal court for failing to approve the emergency contraceptive product Plan B for over-the-counter status. Emergency contraception (EC), sometimes known as "the morning-after pill," reduces the risk of pregnancy by approximately 89 percent when it is taken within 72 hours of unprotected intercourse, according to a study published in Obstetrics and Gynecology. The lawsuit was filed within hours after the FDA announced that it would delay deciding whether Plan B should be made available over-the-counter to women 16 and older. Last year, the FDA denied another request from Plan B’s manufacturers to make the product available over-the-counter to women of all ages. In addition, the FDA has failed to act on a citizen’s petition filed by the Center almost four years ago on behalf of numerous health care and reproductive rights organizations.


Big development last week has CRR able to subpoena White House documents regarding EC:

Also on Monday, a US magistrate announced that the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) will be able to subpoena White House documents for its lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). CRR is suing the FDA for breaking its own regulations by involving politics in what should have been a scientific decision to make EC over-the-counter. The judge’s ruling also said that CRR will be able to depose former White House policy aide Jay Lefkowitz along with Dr. Sandra Kweder, deputy director of the FDA’s Office of New Drugs. The judge ruled that the FDA acted in "bad faith" in its decision-making process for making EC over-the-counter.

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