U.S. judge widens 'morning-after' pill access for young girls

<div id="mediaarticlebody"><p class="first">NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday ordered the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365165625674_1">Food and Drug Administration</span> to make the "morning-after" <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365165625674_2">emergency contraception pill</span> available to girls of all ages without a prescription.</p><p>The ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn, New York, comes in a lawsuit brought by reproductive-rights groups, which had sought to remove age and other restrictions on <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365165625674_3">emergency contraception</span>.</p><p>(Reporting by <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365165625674_4">Jessica Dye</span>; Editing by <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365165625674_5">Martha Graybow</span>; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)</p></div><img border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" width="1" /><br /><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/judge-strikes-restrictions-morning-pill-123759152.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the original article here</a></p>

U.S. judge widens 'morning-after' pill access for young girls

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make the "morning-after" emergency co...

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