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Contraception Pill Strictures Are Eased by a Judge

Mar. 23, 2009
A federal judge ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make the Plan B morning-after birth control pill available without prescription to women as young as 17.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch