In California, women can ask a pharmacist for the so–called morning–after pill without a doctor's prescription. On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration will hold hearings on the question of whether women in California and elsewhere should get the drug more easily. Twenty–five years of experience in this country and abroad has proved emergency contraception to be safe and effective at preventing pregnancy for millions of women for whom contraception failed, or who were raped. It should be more freely available.
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