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Community notes Thursday, May 2, 2013
Births A daughter, Hadley May Meadows, was born to Stephanie and Jeremiah Meadows of Boyne City on Friday, April 26, 2013, at Charlevoix Area Hospital. Hadley weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long at birth. Her siblings are Paris Meadows...
Tags: Christianity, Lobbying, Lutheranism, Libraries, American Legion
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Plan B can be sold to 15-year-olds without prescription, FDA says
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has approved the sale of the emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B One-Step, without a prescription for females ages 15 and older. The action comes roughly three weeks after a federal...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Margaret Hamburg, Health Treatments, Justice System, Food and Drug Administration
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FDA changes to morning-after pill fuels fire over emergency contraception debate
WDBJ7 Multimedia JournalistJust one day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced changes to the morning-after pill, many are asking themselves how young is too young? The pill, also known as Plan B One-Step, has always been a hot topic and many said the changes are...Tags: Abortion, Social Issues, Drugs and Medicines, Health Treatments, Food and Drug Administration
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Plan B now available to teens 15 and up
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - UPDATE: The Justice Department filed an appeal Wednesday over the federal judge's ruling allowing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to lower the age requirement from 17 to 15 years old for emergency contraception to be available...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Health Organizations, Health Treatments, Justice System
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Government will appeal Plan B emergency birth control ruling
The U.S. attorney's office announced late Wednesday that it would appeal a federal judge's decision to make Plan B One-Step and related emergency birth control pills available to consumers of all ages without a prescription. In papers filed with the U....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Consumers, Health Treatments, Trials
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Access To Plan B For Younger Girls Elicits Strong Local Reaction
The Hartford CourantOpinions about the FDA's approval of the Plan B One-Step contraceptive pill for girls as young as 15 varied sharply among Connecticut groups based on political and social ideology. Planned Parenthood of Southern New England said it supported the...Tags: Corporate Officers, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), U.S. Department of Justice, Food and Drug Administration, Women's Health
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FDA lowers age for buyers of Plan B pill to 15
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a surprise twist to the decade-plus effort to ease access to morning-after pills, the government is lowering the age limit to 15 for one brand — Plan B One-Step — and will let it be sold over the counter. Today,...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Food and Drug Administration, Women's Health, Judges, Family Planning
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Falling short on Plan B
The Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday it will allow the morning-after pill known as Plan B to be sold over-the-counter to anyone 15 or older. It's a good step, but it falls short of what's needed: making Plan B accessible without an age...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Drugs and Medicines, Food and Drug Administration, Justice System, Judges
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'Morning-After Pill' to be sold as over the counter to ages 15 and older
news@ky3.comWASHINGTON (AP) - The Plan B morning-after pill is moving over-the-counter, a decision announced by the Food and Drug Administration just days before a court-imposed deadline. Tuesday, the FDA lowered to 15 the age at which girls and women can buy the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC, Drugs and Medicines, Food and Drug Administration, Justice System
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FDA approves to move Plan B over-the-counter
The Plan B morning-after pill is moving over-the-counter, a decision announced by the Food and Drug Administration just days before a court-imposed deadline. Plan B, also known as the Morning After Pill, will soon be available to girls starting at age...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Abortion, Drugs and Medicines, Food and Drug Administration, Justice System
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Community notes Monday, April 29, 2013
Birth A son, Bentley Joseph Goodman, was born to Rosemarie Goodman and Chad Jackson of Petoskey at 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. Bentley weighed 6 pounds, 8.2 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long at...
Tags: Christianity, Entertainment, Libraries, American Legion, Human Interest
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'Morning after' pill debate ignited by ruling
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewNadirah Valentine and Trazy Jordan disagree about the benefits of making the "morning after" pill available without prescriptions to girls younger than 17, as a federal judge ordered this month. Access to emergency contraception might make teenagers...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Food and Drug Administration, Family Planning, Judges, Juvenile Delinquency
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