The Obama administration yesterday filed a last-minute appeal to delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription.
It asked the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan to postpone a federal judge’s ruling that eliminated age limits on the “Plan B” pill while the government appeals that overall decision.
US District Court Judge Edward Korman has said that politics was behind efforts by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to block the unrestricted sale of the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill.
The FDA announced earlier this month that the contraception could be sold without a prescription to those 15 and older.