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1. -08-31-05 Top Health Official Resigns Over Delay (CBS News)
   "A high-ranking Food and Drug Administration official resigned Wednesday in protest of the agency's refusal to allow over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception."
   
   "Susan Wood, director of FDA's Office of Women's Health, announced her resignation in an e-mail to colleagues at the agency. The e-mail was released by contraception advocates."
   
   "The FDA on Friday postponed indefinitely its decision on whether to allow the morning-after pill, called Plan B, to sell without a prescription. The agency said it was safe for adults to use without a doctor's guidance, but said young teenagers still needed a prescription and that it couldn't determine how to enforce an age limit, a decision contrary to the advice of its own scientific advisers." 8-05

2. "Morning After" Pills (MSNBC News)
   Describes a pill now available that is used as an emergency form of birth control or contraception soon after unprotected sex has occurred. It prevents conception rather than causing an abortion. 9-04.

3. "Morning After" Pills (WomensHealth.gov)
   "Emergency contraception, or emergency birth control, is used to help keep a woman from getting pregnant after she has had unprotected sex (sex without using birth control)."
   
   "Emergency contraception should not be used as regular birth control. Other birth control methods are much better at keeping women from becoming pregnant. Talk with your doctor to decide which one is right for you." 05-09