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" While the Obama Administration attempted to amend the decision by Federal Judge Edward Korman that allowed morning-after-pills to be sold over the counter to women of all ages, a federal appeals court has ordered the FDA to make certain pills available immediately. Yesterday, the White House lost its request to delay the Korman ruling for the time until it&amp;#039;s appealed, reports The Cut. Good news! But we kind of can&amp;#039;t believe this process is still being stalled. SMH. There&amp;#039;s been a lot of bureaucratic nonsense that&amp;#039;s slowing down the process of making the morning-after pill available to anyone who wishes to purchase it; after Korman&amp;#039;s initial ruling was made, the FDA had approved the sale of Teva one-step Plan B only to girls aged 15 or over \u2014 which, understandably, angered Korman and reproductive rights activists alike. Women&amp;#039;s health organizations have noted that the pills are extraordinarily safe, and girls have access to far more dangerous pharmaceuticals like aspirin and cold medicines (via Vitals/NBC News). Nancy Northup, the CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, spoke out on behalf of yesterday&amp;#039;s ruling. &amp;quot;Finally, after more than a decade of politically motivated delays, women will no longer have to endure intrusive, onerous, and medically unnecessary restrictions to get emergency contraception.&amp;quot; Let&amp;#039;s hope so \u2014 but I have a feeling that there&amp;#039;s plenty of more red tape left. Follow Anna on Twitter. Image via Thinkstockphoto "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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