Probe: Fda Took Unusual Steps Against Morning-After Pill; Agency Rejected Over-the-Counter Sale of Emergency Contraception

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials took unusual steps in rejecting nonprescription sales of emergency contraception - and some documents suggest the decision was made even before scientists finished reviewing evidence, congressional investigators concluded.

An independent audit made public Monday found the Food and Drug Administration's May 2004 rejection of the politically charged morning-after pill deviated from 10 years of agency practice in switching drugs from prescription to over-the-counter sales.

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Probe: Fda Took Unusual Steps Against Morning-After Pill; Agency Rejected Over-the-Counter Sale of Emergency Contraception

Long-suspicious members of Congress immediately declared that po...

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