It might reduce abortions since women can get the pills on time. Yet, there are also objections to this FDA announcement.
FDA Weighs Over-The-Counter Plan B Sales
“Adult women may soon be able to get the morning-after pill without a prescription. In a surprise decision Monday, health officials revived a long-stalled application to allow over-the-counter sales of the emergency contraceptive to women 18 and over.”
FDA may loosen sales of “morning-after pill”
“Plan B pills would be kept behind pharmacy counters and women would need to ask for them, said one Food and Drug Administration official, who asked not to be named. Females younger than 18 still would need a prescription.”
History of the morning-after pill
“July 1999: Plan B is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for prescription use as an emergency contraceptive.”
Pro-Life Spokesperson Objects to FDA Action on Morning-After Pill
“Plan B — also known as the “morning-after pill” — is essentially a megadose of prescription hormonal birth-control pills. “Plan B is marketed as a contraceptive but even its proponents admit that it works both before and after conception,” Ms. McQuade said.”
