U.S. sale of some ‘morning-after’ pills to all ages allowed

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said that some emergency contraception pills now can be sold over-the-counter without age restrictions while the federal government fights a lower court judge’s order allowing unrestricted sales. In a brief order, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the two-pill version of emergency contraception to be sold without limits, including to girls under age 17, saying the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had not met the legal standard to justify limits. …