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"In April, President Barack Obama&amp;#039;s administration appealed U.S. District Judge Edward R. Korman&amp;#039;s ruling, which stated that the Food and Drug Administration make Plan B One-Step\u2014the morning-after pill\u2014available over-the-counter to people of any age. On Monday, however, the federal government agreed to stop its fight to keep underage girls from purchasing the contraceptive pill without a prescription. In federal papers, government attorneys confirmed that the FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services agreed to make the pill available &amp;quot;without age or point-of-sale restrictions.&amp;quot; The FDA, reproductive rights advocates, Plan B manufacturers and Obama have been tugging on opposite ends of this issue for years. Obama strongly supports limiting access to the drug while women&amp;#039;s rights groups insisted it be more freely and greatly available to the public. &amp;quot;I will say this,&amp;quot;said the President in 2011, &amp;quot;as the father of two daughters: I think it is important for us to make sure that we apply some common sense to various rules when it comes to over-the-counter medicine.&amp;quot; Groups who didn&amp;#039;t and still don&amp;#039;t see eye to eye with President Obama on the issue are naming this decision a small victory in their feat to expand women&amp;#039;s rights. President of Planned Parenthood,Cecile Richards, said, &amp;quot;This is a huge breakthrough for access to birth control and a historic moment for women&amp;#039;s health and equity.&amp;quot; Although the administration dropped the matter, they now seek a judge&amp;#039;s order to have the FDA &amp;quot;submit a supplemental application seeking approval of the one-pill product to be made available O.T.C. [over-the-counter]&amp;quot; for nonprescription use. The White House is currently channeling any questions about the decision to the Department of Health. What do you think about the Obama Administration dropping their appeal? Share your thoughts in the comments below. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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