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It is three years, ABC's Lisa Stark reminded us, since Plan B--dubbed the morning-after pill--was promoted from the prescription shelves of the pharmacy to availability over-the-counter. "Supporters call it an emergency contraceptive. Opponents say it is equivalent to an abortion pill." Whatever its name, the Food & Drug Administration ruled back in 2006 that only adult women could purchase such post-coital pregnancy prevention--not unprotected teenagers. Now girls who happen to be 17 years old are eligible. "The FDA is making this decision because a federal judge ordered it to," said Stark. The judge called the adults-only restriction "clearly based on politics not science." What about the teenagers' younger sisters? "The court did open the door for this, telling the FDA to review its entire policy on the morning-after pill."
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