http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—The Obama administration appealed a federal judge's order to lift all age limits on who can buy morning-after birth control pills without a prescription. In appealing the ruling on Wednesday, the administration recommitted itself to a position Obama took during his re-election campaign that younger teens shouldn't have unabated access to emergency contraceptives, despite the insistence by physicians groups and much of his Democratic base that the pill should be readily available. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-justice-department-appeals-morning-after-case.html Medications Thu, 02 May 2013 04:46:31 EST news286688783 The U.S. government on Tuesday lowered to 15 the age at which girls can buy the morning-after pill without a prescription and said the emergency contraception no longer has to be kept behind pharmacy counters. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-fda-morning-after-pill-over-the-counter.html Medications Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:44:29 EST news286562662 (AP)—President Barack Obama supports requiring girls younger than 17 to see a doctor before buying the morning-after pill to help prevent unwanted pregnancies. But fighting that battle in court, after a new decision makes the pill available without a prescription, comes with its own set of risks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-obama-choice-morning-after-pill-limits.html Health Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:53:09 EST news284442780 Conscience clauses, which allow pharmacists to opt out of providing the "morning after pill" without a prescription, risk unwanted pregnancies and undermine the principle of universal healthcare in the NHS, say pharmacists in the Journal of Medical Ethics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-unwarranted-pregnancies-morning-pill-conscience.html Medications Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:30:02 EST news278789690 (AP)—The New York City Department of Education is making the morning-after-pill available to high school girls at 13 public schools. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-morning-after-pills-nyc-schools.html Medications Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:26:18 EST news267690311 Intrauterine devices (IUDs) should be used routinely to provide emergency contraception, according to the authors of the first systematic review of all available data from the past 35 years. They found that IUDs had a failure rate of less than one per thousand and were a more effective form of emergency contraception than the "morning after pill". In addition, IUDs continued to protect women from unwanted pregnancy for many more years if they were left in place. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-intrauterine-devices-effective-emergency-contraception.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 08 May 2012 19:00:01 EST news255712156 (AP) -- Students at a Pennsylvania university can obtain the "morning-after" pill from an unusual source - a vending machine at the campus health center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-pa-college-machine-morning-after-pill.html Health Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:57 EST news247842034 It's the morning after and the controversy over how to sell emergency contraception still looms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-block-otc-morning-after-pill-outrage.html Medications Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:40:01 EST news242540839