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Plan B

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Ella approval moves emergency-contraception dilemmas back to doctors

When emergency contraceptive Plan B went to over-the-counter status in 2006, it largely took the prescribing decision--and potential legal and ethical dilemmas--out of physicians' hands for patients

FDA allows 17-year-olds to get Plan B; Consumers tired of vague benefits in DTC ads;

> Under order from a judge, the FDA is pulling back restrictions on Plan B, the so-called "morning after pill." The new rules will allow 17-year-olds to get the drug without a prescription.