Per the FDA’s approval of the 5-day emergency contraceptive ella, some perspective. When the FDA reviewed (and reviewed and reviewed) moving the Plan B “morning after” pill OTC in 2003 it was reported as “political interference.” Well it wasn’t true then and it isn’t true now with the approval of a new improved (safe and effective) Rx alternative. The FDA reviews the science and makes it’s decision. The agency is often imperfect and sometimes contentious. But it never lacks for passion or intellectual honesty.
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