Two-Dose Contraceptive Must Be Made Available to All Ages
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The U.S. government lost a bid to delay a ruling that abolished age restrictions for buying the two-pill version of the emergency morning-after contraceptive over the counter.
A federal appeals court in New York agreed to stay part of a lower-court’s ruling making the one-pill version, such as Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.’s Plan B One-Step, available to all women over-the-counter. The government didn’t obtain a delay of the two-pill version because it “failed to meet the requisite standard,” the court said in an order filed today without elaborating.