Health and Fitness

2nd Circuit Partially Denies Federal Government’s Request to Delay Bringing Emergency Contraception Over the Counter

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2013.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has to immediately comply with U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman’s court order to make two-pill versions of levonorgestrel-based emergency contraception available without a prescription and without point-of-sale or age restrictions, according to an order from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals issued today in response to the federal government’s request to stay the April 5 order pending an appeal.

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