A panel of experts that advises the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has voted unanimously to approve the sale of a controversial birth control pill called Ella. The so-called "morning after" pill has a longer contraceptive period--five days versus three days--than Plan B, a similar drug already on the market. Opponents of the drug say Ella's effects are more like an abortion than a birth control pill, since they allege it keeps a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall. The FDA is...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it will permit the sale of the so-called "morning-after" pill without a prescription... Read more »
A U.S. District Court judge has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revisit a decision to limit access to the "morning-after"... Read more »
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