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With the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stalling on a decision to make Plan B available over the counter--as recommended by its scientists--abortion-rights groups have moved aggressively to expand access at the state level. Eight states allow specially trained pharmacists to dispense the drug without a prescription as long as they follow state guidelines, including informing patients of all contraindications for Plan B and supplying the drug only to those who need it immediately. Seven more states are considering similar legislation. Massachusetts and Illinois require pharmacies to carry Plan B, and Connecticut and New York are contemplating...
...fight over Plan B is far from over. The real prize is over-the-counter access, which would make Plan B as easy to buy as a condom. The Food and Drug Administration last year delayed a decision on over-the-counter access for Plan B, ignoring the recommendation of its own scientists, as TIME reported in September. The Center for Reproductive Rights has sued the FDA to force a ruling, but a decision on this politically charged issue is unlikely before the November mid-term elections...
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...psyches” who are “accustomed to teaching whatever’s in their latest book.” Frustrated by these and other attacks in the national media that are painting them as reactionary, lazy, radical, and worse, professors are pondering whether to launch a counter-offensive. Compounding their dilemma, Faculty members say, is the fact that their outrage against Summers stems from interactions that occurred in private and that they don’t want described in the press. “The problem is that many people have felt that it will...
...Since then, as Counter points out, the make-up of Hayek’s fan base has changed dramatically. She has been nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award (for 2002 film “Frida”) and has established herself as both a mainstream bankable star (with films such as “Wild Wild West” and “Once Upon a Time in Mexico”) and a director to be reckoned with (she won an Emmy for directing the Showtime movie “The Maldonado Miracle”). In fact...