(Washington, D.C.) This afternoon, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that emergency contraception, or the “morning-after pill,” must be made available over the counter for girls aged 15 or over, despite a federal court ruling earlier this month that the pill should be available over the counter to girls and women of all ages. The FDA had originally said that emergency contraception should be available without prescription for all ages, but the Secretary of Health and Human Services overruled it and made the morning-after pill available over the counter for girls age 17 and over. The FDA also announced today that anyone who wants to buy the morning-after pill must show an ID with proof of age and that it is restricting its sale to retail stores that have pharmacies.

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