Federal Judge Rules Morning After Pill Must Be Available For All Ages
In a controversial new law on birth control, a federal judge ruled on April 5 that emergency contraception known as the morning-after pill must be available to women of all ages, not just with a prescription for girls who are 16 and younger.
On April 5, a federal judge ruled that the most popular brand of morning-after pill will be available for women of all ages, not just the previous law that required girls ages 16 and younger to have a prescription. There has been a decade long fight on who should have access to the pill. Some people, including Edward R. Korman of Federal District Court was against the previous restrictions.