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Eugene

(61,813 posts)
Fri May 10, 2013, 05:04 PM May 2013

Plan B age-restriction appeal from US government denied by federal judge

Source: The Guardian

Amanda Holpuch in New York
guardian.co.uk, Friday 10 May 2013 18.53 BST

A federal judge has denied an appeal by the US government to an order granting the unrestricted access of emergency contraception to women of all ages.

Eastern court federal district judge Edward Korman ruled in April that emergency contraception should be available to women of all ages without a prescription, citing the support of numerous reputable medical groups and the US Food and Drug Administration.

Days before the order was set to go into effect, the government filed an appeal against the ruling. Judge Korman called the appeal frivolous in a Friday court opinion, but allowed it to move forward if the government filed a stay with the court of appeals by Monday.

Korman has been critical of the government's actions throughout the proceedings. He has repeatedly said he thinks the government's decision is politically motivated and goes against scientific evidence.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/10/plan-b-morning-after-appeal

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Plan B age-restriction appeal from US government denied by federal judge (Original Post) Eugene May 2013 OP
HOORAY! aquart May 2013 #1
Appointed by that well known radical liberal, Ronald Reagan Fumesucker May 2013 #2
It's bad when a Reagan appointee is... blackspade May 2013 #3
+1 nt historylovr May 2013 #4
Really bad zipplewrath May 2013 #10
K&R DeSwiss May 2013 #5
Obama's position is just wrong. blkmusclmachine May 2013 #6
think about this. If it was up to the Rs there would be no birth control at all. Sunlei May 2013 #9
So what's next? malthaussen May 2013 #7
I'm happy this is going through the courts and plan B will soonbe OTC to all, no age ID necessary :) Sunlei May 2013 #8
US government files morning-after pill appeal Eugene May 2013 #11

malthaussen

(17,175 posts)
7. So what's next?
Sat May 11, 2013, 12:05 PM
May 2013

Appeal the appeal? Ignore the judge's ruling and do what they want? Fire the judge?

We need more pregnant 14 year-olds!

-- Mal

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
8. I'm happy this is going through the courts and plan B will soonbe OTC to all, no age ID necessary :)
Sat May 11, 2013, 12:17 PM
May 2013

This tactic may be a great way to decriminalise marijuana.

President O can say something he wants and the republicans will go crazy saying they want the opposite. And then just let the Rs 'win'

Eugene

(61,813 posts)
11. US government files morning-after pill appeal
Mon May 13, 2013, 12:38 PM
May 2013

Source: Associated Press

US government files morning-after pill appeal

AP foreign, Monday May 13 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — The government has filed a last-second appeal that will delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls over 15 without a prescription.

The appeal was filed shortly before a noon Monday deadline.

Brooklyn federal Judge Edward Korman says politics is behind efforts by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius (seh-BEEL'-yuhs) to block the unrestricted sale of the Plan B pill.

Justice Department lawyers had asked for a stay of the month-old decision while they appeal.

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