Andrew Bridges and Lauran Neergaard for AP report: Women may buy the morning-after pill without a prescription — but only with proof they're 18 or older, federal health officials decided Thursday. The
Food and Drug Administration ruling culminated a contentious three-year effort to ease access to the emergency contraceptive.
Girls 17 and younger still will need a doctor's note to buy the pills, called Plan B, the FDA told manufacturer Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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