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Nature 438, 401 (24 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/438401a; Published online 23 November 2005
US watchdog finds bias against morning-after pill
Meredith Wadman
A US government watchdog has announced that there was a high-level effort within the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to overrule agency scientists and block over-the-counter access to an emergency contraceptive.Many critics suspected as much when over-the-counter access to Plan B (levonorgestrel) was denied in 2004 despite the recommendations of agency scientists and outside experts.
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