A watershed moment in the fight for women’s reproductive rights
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New York Times: U.S. Drops Bid to Limit Sales of Morning-After Pill
Reprinted from The New York Times The Obama administration has decided to stop trying to block over-the-counter availability of the most popular morning-after contraceptive pill for…
Court Denies Government’s Motion to Stay Order that Morning-After Pill Be Made Available Without Restrictions
Judge calls government argument “frivolous,” “for the purpose of delay” and “largely an insult to the intelligence of women” In a scathing decision, U.S. District…
Plan B (Tummino) – Circuit Order on Motion to Stay 2013
The Second Circuit denied the FDA’s motion to stay, pending an appeal, a lower court ruling demanding immediate over-the-counter access to the two-pill version of…
The Eviction of Occupy Portland, Ore.: A Supremely Political Affair
New Docs Show More Detail into Boston Law Enforcement Focus on Peaceful Protests The latest trove of documents obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice…
Court Orders Morning-After Pill Must Immediately Go Over-the-Counter Without Restrictions
Court Denies Government’s Request for a Stay of Order on Two-Pill Product Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ordered the Obama…
Court Orders FDA to Remove All Restrictions on the Morning-After Pill
Feminists Win Landmark Birth Control Victory Today, a U.S. federal judge ordered that the Morning-After Pill be made available “without a prescription and without point-of-sale…
Court Cautions Feds on Morning-After Pill Exclusivity Deals
States that an exclusivity agreement “will only burden poor women” Federal Court Issues Memorandum Addressing Obama’s Proposed Plan to Comply with Morning-After Pill Order The…
Unaware of Tsarnaev warnings, Boston counterterror unit tracked protesters
Reprinted from NBC News In the fall of 2011, a key Boston police counterterror intelligence unit — funded with millions of dollars in U.S. homeland security…
The Guardian: Plan B age-restriction appeal from US government denied by federal judge
Obama administration appealed against ruling that emergency contraception should be available to women of all ages Reprinted from The Guardian A federal judge has denied an…
Plan B (Tummino) – Court Order Denying Motion for Stay 2013
The U.S. District Court for the District of New York denied the FDA a stay pending appeal regarding the court’s ruling making emergency contraception available…
New York Times: Judge Refuses to Drop Order on Contraceptive Pill Without Regard to Age
Reprinted from The New York Times | May 5, 2013 A federal judge on Friday stepped up his criticism of the Obama administration, accusing the Justice Department of…