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Thursday, August 03, 2006

By Tony Pugh
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

WASHINGTON – Acting Food and Drug Administration commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach testified Tuesday that he decided non-prescription sales of the emergency contraceptive, Plan B, should be limited to women aged 18 and older even though the agency determined in 2005 that the drug could safely be sold over-the-counter to 17-year-olds.