Updated FDA Action On Plan B (levonorgestrel) Tablets (Medical News Today)
On March 23, 2009, a federal court issued an order directing the FDA, within 30 days, to permit the Plan B drug sponsor to make Plan B available to women 17 and older without a prescription. The government will not appeal this decision.

FDA To Allow Sale Of Plan B Emergency Contraception To 17-Year-Olds (Medical News Today)
FDA on Wednesday announced that it will allow the non-prescription sale of the emergency contraceptive Plan B to individuals ages 17 years and older, in compliance with a federal judge's March 23 ruling that the agency's 2006 decision to limit access to women ages 18 and older was politically motivated and scientifically flawed, the Washington Post reports. U.S.