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Written By: Editorial Team | Updated : May 3, 2013 12:04 PM IST
President Barack Obama has supported the FDA decision to prohibit the sale of morning-after contraception pills to girls under 15 without a prescription. I'm comfortable with it, Obama said, when asked about the decision of Federal Drug Administration (FDA) on morning-after pills, which will prohibit girls under 15 from buying them without a prescription.Despite a court order to make it available to women of any age, the US drug regulator has lowered the age to 15 for buying morning-after pill without a prescription.
Obama said he is very supportive of contraception because he thinks it is very important that women have control over their healthcare choices, and when they are starting a family. That's their decision to make, and so we want to make sure that they have access to contraception. We had a little bit of a fuss around what we're doing with the affordable care act, but I very much think that that's the right thing to do, he said.
Under the current ruling, FDA has allowed these contraceptive pills to be sold over the counter for 15-year-olds and older. It has not resolved the question of girls younger than 15, Obama said. There was a court case that came up that is being appealed by the Justice Department. That is a Justice Department decision, he said.
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