Parents of teen girls can now sleep peacefully at night and not worry about being young grandparents. The controversial "Morning after pill" will now be available to women and girls without a prescription. They will soon be as easy to purchase like a pack of gum right over the counter thanks to the Justice Department's decision to step aside.
The Justice Department had been fighting to prevent that outcome, but said late Monday afternoon that it would accept its losses in recent court rulings and begin putting into effect a judge’s order to have the Food and Drug Administration certify the drug for nonprescription use. In a letter to Judge Edward R. Korman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the administration said it would comply with his demands. The Justice Department appears to have concluded that it might lose its case with the appeals court and would have to decide whether to appeal to the Supreme Court. That would drastically elevate the debate over the politically delicate issue for Mr. Obama.
source: NYT
