Sex, politics, and morality at the FDA: Reflections on the Plan B decision

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 20-25

  Davidoff, Frank ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; LEVONORGESTREL; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; COITUS; DRUG APPROVAL; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; MORALITY; POLITICS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; COITUS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVONORGESTREL; MORALS; POLITICS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33645943080     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.2006.0021     Document Type: Review

References (11)

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2. 60 Minutes, "The Debate over Plan B," http://www.cbsnews.com/ stories/2005/11/22/60minutes/main1068924.shtml.
3. Ibid.
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