F.D.A. Plans to Consider Morning-After Pill - New York Times

F.D.A. Plans to Consider Morning-After Pill - New York Times: "In a letter to Barr today, Dr. von Eschenbach indicated the F.D.A. would not approve Plan B for over-the-counter sale for girls under 18. “We believe that the appropriate age for OTC access is 18,” he wrote.

While the F.D.A. has insisted that its decisions to reject or delay the Plan B application were the result of scientific or regulatory concerns, a Congressional investigation found last year that top agency officials decided at one point to reject the application before its staff’s scientific review was even complete.

Dr. Susan Wood resigned in August as director of the F.D.A.’s office of women’s health to protest what she said was political interference in the agency’s scientific deliberations."