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The 2006 approval of emergency contraception (Plan B®) for nonprescription status was a huge victory for women 18 years and older. But we can't stop there!
Every woman deserves access to quality and equitable health care - including access to necessary drugs without embarrassment or intimidation. Young women under 18 still face major barriers to accessing accurate information about emergency contraception (EC) and encounter limitations and restrictions to receiving EC when it's most needed.
Advocates for Youth and Choice USA are asking you to help gather signatures from your peers on a petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Here's why: The Center for Reproductive Rights -- a nonprofit, legal advocacy organization that promotes and defends the reproductive rights of women worldwide, currently has a lawsuit to force the FDA to reverse its decision that restricts young women's access to Plan B without a prescription. There's evidence confirmed by FDA officials that key decisions were based on politics, not science, and the New York federal Court found a "strong showing of bad faith" on the part of the FDA.
2) Collect signatures on your campus and in your community (click here to download the Petition Kit in PDF ) and send them to our office by March 7th via fax or mail. 3) Learn more with our EC 101 Fact Sheet Our goal is to obtain 10,000 hard copy signatures by March 7th! Mail or fax to:
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