FDA wins temporary halt on some morning-after pills

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Source: Reuters

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday won a temporary halt to part of a court order directing it to make emergency contraception available to girls over the counter.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said the FDA need not provide over-the-counter access to one-pill variants of emergency contraceptives while the agency appeals the April 5 order by U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn, New York.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/05/usa-planb-idUSL1N0EH1NE20130605