Morning-after pill sales coming – but not yet
WASHINGTON – Don’t look for the morning-after pill to move onto drugstore shelves right away. But after a fight that’s lasted more over decade, it appears it will happen. Backed into a corner by a series of court rulings, the Obama administration has agreed to let the Plan B One-Step brand of emergency contraception sell over the counter to anyone of any age.
There still are details to be worked out. One question is whether a federal judge agrees that the government has gone far enough or should include generics too.
Another question is how quickly over-the-counter sales will begin.
Immigration debate clears Senate hurdle
WASHINGTON – In Spanish and English, the Senate pushed contentious immigration legislation over an early procedural hurdle with deceptive ease Tuesday as President Barack Obama insisted the “moment is now” to give 11 million immigrants in the United States illegally a chance at citizenship.
Despite the lopsided, 82-15 vote, Republicans served notice they will seek to toughen the bill’s border security provisions and impose tougher terms on those seeking to gain legal status. “This bill has serious flaws,” said their party leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, one of several who noted pointedly that the 60-vote majority they will demand for passage is hardly assured.
Associated Press
