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
aquart
(69,014 posts)Thank you, Judge, for the justice.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)blackspade
(10,056 posts)to the left of a Democratic administration.
historylovr
(1,557 posts)zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Heck Obama's to the right of Eisenhower.
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''You wouldn't happen to have any Plan-B in there, now wouldja honey?''[/center]
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)malthaussen
(17,175 posts)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)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)Source: Associated Press
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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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10790210