Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday overruled the Food and Drug Administration’s decision that emergency contraceptives be sold freely over the counter, including to teenagers 16 years old and younger.
The pill, called Plan B One-Step, has been available without a prescription to women 17 and older, but those 16 and younger have needed a prescription ”” and still will because of Ms. Sebelius’s decision. In some states, pharmacists can write the prescription on the spot for teenagers. But the restrictions have meant the pills were only dispensed from behind the counter ”” making them more difficult for everyone to get. The pill, if taken after unprotected sex, halves the risk of a pregnancy.
Just another sign of the Obama administration’s radical agenda, I guess.
Mark my words – the Obama Administration will quietly approve OTC use by minors after the 2012 election. Sibelius killed the approval for now only for political reasons.
Would love to see the evidence for that assertion. But I’m heartened to hear you think Obama will be re-elected.
He didn’t say “after Obama was re-elected” He said “After the 2012 election”
That doesn’t seem very logical to me, but maybe you know something about Obama’s expected powers out of office that the rest of us don’t.
The election is in November. Bambi will be in office until the following January. Or did you conveniently forget the Clinton pardons?
I am unclear as to who “the rest of us”? is.
While postponed, it’s evidence of the confusion over the legal concept of minority and the corollary degradation of parental responsibilty, authority, and guardianship of the same.
So you and others apparently have evidence that Obama is so gung-ho about giving minors Plan B that he’ll sneak in a reversal between the election and Jan 20. Again, where’s the evidence for this? I have yet to see a single piece of journalism that factually supports this claim.
signing off.
Apparently, this comments at this website only expresses politically conservative views. All other comers not welcome.
I wonder if Obama’s masters at Planned Parenthood haven’t decided that they don’t want Plan B cutting into their market?
Skeptic nailed that one.