http://www.mail.com/subjects/72072-emergency-contraception.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/72072-emergency-contraception.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081134-us-government-files-morning-after-pill-appeal.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Obama administration on Monday filed a last-minute appeal to delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription. The legal paperwork asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan to postpone a federal judge's ruling that eliminated age limits on the pill while the government app... Mon, 13 May 2013 21:23:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081134-us-government-files-morning-after-pill-appeal.html 2013-05-13T21:23:46Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2076956-judge-nyc-refuses-to-suspend-plan-ruling.html NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Friday refused to delay enforcement of his decision giving women of all ages broad access to morning-after birth control, calling the government's appeal frivolous, a "silly argument" and an insult to the intelligence of women. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn did agree to postpone implementation of his month-old de... Fri, 10 May 2013 20:04:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2076956-judge-nyc-refuses-to-suspend-plan-ruling.html 2013-05-10T20:04:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2069454-judge-nyc-rips-opposition-to-plan-order.html NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge, asked by the government on Tuesday to freeze his plan giving teenage girls broader access to morning-after birth control, instead seized the chance to accuse health officials of taking steps that would end up hurting poor people and improve their chances of prevailing in a protracted legal fight with reproductive rights advocates. ... Tue, 07 May 2013 20:03:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2069454-judge-nyc-rips-opposition-to-plan-order.html 2013-05-07T20:03:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2057892-obama-with-morning-after-pill-sales-age-15.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday he was comfortable with his administration's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for anyone 15 and older. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday had lowered the age at which people can buy the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill without a prescription to 15 — youn... Thu, 02 May 2013 22:47:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2057892-obama-with-morning-after-pill-sales-age-15.html 2013-05-02T22:47:48Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2059684-obama-comfortable-with-fda-approach-plan.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama says he's comfortable with his administration's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for anyone 15 and older. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday had lowered the age at which people can buy the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill without a prescription to 15 — younger than th... Thu, 02 May 2013 22:35:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2059684-obama-comfortable-with-fda-approach-plan.html 2013-05-02T22:35:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2002260-risk-obama-pursuing-morning-after-pill-case.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama supports requiring girls younger than 17 to see a doctor before buying the morning-after pill. But fighting that battle in court comes with its own set of risks. A federal judge in New York on Friday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to lift age restrictions on the sale of emergency contraception, ending the... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:44:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2002260-risk-obama-pursuing-morning-after-pill-case.html 2013-04-06T16:44:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2000432-judge-making-morning-after-pill-to.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The morning-after pill might become as easy to buy as aspirin. In a scathing rebuke accusing the Obama administration of letting election-year politics trump science, a federal judge ruled Friday that there should be no age restrictions on the sale of emergency contraception without a doctor's prescription. Today, buy... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:04:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2000432-judge-making-morning-after-pill-to.html 2013-04-05T23:04:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1939398-arkansas-gop-eyes-planned-parenthood-funds.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Not content with enacting the most restrictive abortion law in the country, Arkansas Republicans plan to press the legislative advantage their party hasn't enjoyed since Reconstruction by making it even more difficult for women to get abortions in the state. The GOP-controlled Legislature on Wednesday overrode Democratic Gov. Mike... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:34:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1939398-arkansas-gop-eyes-planned-parenthood-funds.html 2013-03-07T23:34:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1905892-german-bishops-contraception-rape-cases.html BERLIN (AP) — Roman Catholic-run hospitals can prescribe limited emergency contraception to rape victims, German bishops said Thursday as they sought to contain fallout from an embarrassing recent case in which two hospitals refused to treat a woman. In a statement issued at the end of a regular meeting in the western city of Trier, the German Bishops Con... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:15:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1905892-german-bishops-contraception-rape-cases.html 2013-02-21T16:15:45Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1891002-morning-after-pill-use-up-to-1-9-younger-women.html NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 9 younger women have used the morning-after pill after sex, according to the first government report to focus on emergency contraception since its approval 15 years ago. The results come from a survey of females ages 15 to 44. Eleven percent of those who'd had sex reported using a morning-after pill. That's up from 4 percent in... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:19:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1891002-morning-after-pill-use-up-to-1-9-younger-women.html 2013-02-14T05:19:36Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1789124-atty-hobby-lobby-wont-offer-morning-after-pill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney for Hobby Lobby Stores said Thursday that the arts and crafts chain plans to defy a federal mandate requiring it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill, despite risking potential fines of up to $1.3 million per day. Hobby Lobby and religious book-seller Mardel Inc., which are owned b... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1789124-atty-hobby-lobby-wont-offer-morning-after-pill.html 2012-12-27T23:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1787644-justice-refuses-to-block-morning-after-pill-rule.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday denied a request to block part of the federal health care law that requires employee health-care plans to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after pill and similar emergency contraception pills. Hobby Lobby Stores and a sister company, Mardel Inc., sued the government, claiming t... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1787644-justice-refuses-to-block-morning-after-pill-rule.html 2012-12-26T22:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1716772-us-abortions-fall-5-pct-biggest-drop-decade.html NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. abortions fell 5 percent during the recession and its aftermath in the biggest one-year decrease in at least a decade, perhaps because women are more careful to use birth control when times are tough, researchers say. The decline, detailed on Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, came in 2009, the most recent ye... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1716772-us-abortions-fall-5-pct-biggest-drop-decade.html 2012-11-21T17:03:00Z