FDA Delays Morning-After Pill Decision 60 days

[Bluebear]

The government on Friday put off its long-awaited final decision on whether to sell emergency contraception without a prescription, saying the pill was safe to sell over-the-counter to adults but grappling with how to keep it out of the hands of young teenagers.

The Food and Drug Administration postponed for 60 days a final decision on how to allow nonprescription sales of the morning-after pill called Plan B just to women 17 or older.

"Enforceability is the key question," said FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford.

The drug's maker, Barr Pharmaceuticals, criticized the decision, questioning how the agency could acknowledge that scientific evidence supported nonprescription sales and yet not allow those sales to begin.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050826/ap_on_he_me/morning_after_pill&printer=1

[rodeodance]

1. young to them is 16 and under. what a joke. This is 3rd time they

have delayed the decison (if i am counting right)---Medicine controled by a Repug FDA--that is the problem.