Morning-After Pill Still Requires Prescription

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WASHINGTON - The government on Friday put off its long-awaited final decision on whether to sell emergency contraception without a prescription, saying the pill was safe to sell over-the-counter to adults but grappling with how to keep it out of the hands of young teenagers.

In a surprise move, the Food and Drug Administration postponed for at least 60 days a final decision on how to allow nonprescription sales of the morning-after pill called Plan B just to women age 17 or older.

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Morning-After Pill Still Requires Prescription

"Enforceability is the key question," FDA Commissioner Lester Craw...

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