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Mike Mitka

JAMA. 2005;294:1752.

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Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) broke their promise to decide by September 1 on whether to approve over-the-counter sales of the emergency contraceptive called Plan B by its manufacturer, Barr Laboratories Inc, charged Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton (D, NY) and Patty Murray (D, Wash).

Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton said the Food and Drug Administration broke its promise to rule by September 1 on over-the-counter sales of the emergency contraceptive Plan B. (Photo credit: US Senate Photography)

"It is a breach of faith to have this administration give us their word that a decision would be made, and have that promise violated. FDA’s only criteria for approval should be safety and efficacy, not politics and ideology," Clinton and Murray said in a statement. They had dropped their hold on the nomination of Lester Crawford, PhD, DVM, to head . . . [Full Text of this Article]