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True Life: My School Sells Plan B In A Vending Machine

| Rebecca Streletz | Posted 04.17.2012

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When I arrived at Shippensburg University as a sophomore in August 2009, I saw Etter, the campus health center, as another unnecessary $200 fee being ...

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Science Has the Answer -- Depending on the Question

Michael D. Fayer | Posted 02.17.2012

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In making her decision on Plan B, Kathleen Sebelius did not say that the FDA's science was wrong or that she had her own experts who disagreed with the FDA. She was making a policy decision, not a scientific decision.

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HHS Protects Kids In Vetoing Plan B Decision

Sister Mary Ann Walsh | Posted 02.15.2012

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Health and Human Services acted to protect kids Dec. 7 when HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius rejected a recommendation of the Food and Drug Administration to let stores sell powerful hormonal drugs to children over the counter.

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The Sebelius Trifecta

Kirsten Moore | Posted 02.14.2012

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By interjecting politics into the FDA drug review process, Secretary Sebelius placed the president in the unenviable position of not acting in the best interest of women's health. And politically, that's not a place the president wants to be.

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Senators Demand Answers On Administration's Plan B Decision

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Fourteen Democratic senators, led by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), sent the Obama administration a letter on Tuesday asking for the scien...

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We Are All an 11-year-old Girl -- And She Is Pissed

Ellen R. Shaffer | Posted 02.07.2012

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Women are the last remaining voting majority who are treated like a splinter group. It will stay that way until we stand up for ourselves, together, and demand power.

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Obama Defends Morning-After Pill Decision

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 12.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama threw his support behind Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday regarding her controve...

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Plan C Anyone? The Politics In Science

Jonathan D. Moreno | Posted 02.07.2012

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The decision to deny over-the-counter-access to Plan B is particularly awkward for an administration that early on pledged to "base our public policies on the soundest science."

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Plan B Over-The-Counter Plan Struck Down

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.06.2012

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The Food and Drug Administration recommended on Wednesday that Plan B One-Step, commonly referred to as the "morning-after pill," be made available ov...

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FDA To Allow 'Morning-After' Pill For 17-Year-Olds

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 11.17.2011

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WASHINGTON — Women's groups cheered the government's decision to allow 17-year-olds to buy the "morning-after" emergency contraceptive without a...

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