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FDA: Morning-After Pill to Move Over-the-Counter

Associated Press — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:33:25 +0000

The Plan B morning-after pill is moving over-the-counter, a decision announced by the Food and Drug Administration just days before a court-imposed deadline.

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Obama: Birth Control Policy Meets Everyone's Needs

Associated Press — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:20:57 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Friday he's found a solution to a birth-control uproar that will protect religious liberty but also ensure that women have access to free contraception, as he rushed to defuse an election-year issue that threatened to overtake his administration

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Watch Out Guys, Birth Control May Be Causing Prostate Cancer — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:00:53 +0000

Researchers discovered that countries with the highest numbers of women using oral contraceptives also have the highest rates of death from prostate cancer. What does this mean? They think estrogen from the urine of women who take birth control pills could be to blame.

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Report Says Birth Control Should Be Fully Covered by Health Plans

Stephanie Berning — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:23:42 +0000

A new report by the Institute of Medicine says that contraception, sterilization, annual HIV testing and breastfeeding support should be fully covered by health insurance plans under the health care reform law.

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