WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Plan B emergency contraceptive without a prescription for all women of child-bearing age, officials say.
Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said the action complied with the April 5 order of the U.S. District Court in New York to make the levonorgestrel-containing emergency contraceptives available as an over-the-counter product without age or other restrictions.