In what can only be called an astounding move by an Administration that pledged on inauguration day that medical and health decisions would be based on fact not ideology and for which women are a major constituency, today Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services overruled a much-awaited decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make emergency contraception available over-the-counter to women of all ages.
According to the New York Times, “no health secretary has ever [overruled an FDA decision] before.”
"In Astounding Move, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Overrules FDA Recommendation to Make Plan B Over-the-Counter (via somerset)
I remember the one time I’ve used Plan B. It was in college and was an accident I had with my then boyfriend. I went to a pharmacy, where I was told they didn’t have it and I’d have to go to Planned Parenthood (there was a lot of stank on that when they said it, too). I think PP was closed and I had to go there the next morning. Way too much panicking. It would’ve been great to just go to a pharmacy and buy it.
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