Morning-After Pill Widely Available at Drugstores

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NEW YORK - A month after distribution began, the over-the- counter version of the morning-after pill is now available at pharmacies nationwide. Planned Parenthood celebrated Wednesday with a free giveaway of the emergency contraceptive, while critics insisted that Plan B's accessibility will soon be a cause for regret.

Plan B was the focus of bitter debate for years before the Food and Drug Administration, after repeated delays, declared in August that customers 18 and older can buy it in pharmacies without a prescription.

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Morning-After Pill Widely Available at Drugstores

The manufacturer, Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., then needed to develop new packaging for the over-the...

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