5-day 'morning after' pill gets FDA advisers' approval

[harry_pothead]

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- An advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the green light Thursday to an emergency contraceptive for use up to five days after sex.

The Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs voted unanimously to recommend the drug, called ella.

The pill is intended for women who have had unprotected sex or for whom another method of contraception, such as a condom, failed.

Currently, there are no emergency contraception drugs available in the United States for use more than 72 hours after unprotected intercourse or failed contraception. The options available now -- Plan B, Plan B One Step and generic versions -- are available without a prescription to women 17 and older.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/06/18/fda.sex.pill.ella/index.html?hpt=T2

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The last sentence worries me: "The FDA often takes the advisory panel's recommendations but does not have an obligation to do so." How many Bush hold-overs are there from the FDA? The religious right will step in and try to block final approval.

[Vattel]

1. great news, hope it gets final approval soon