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PlanB.sPubDate = "4/22/2009 10:14:57 PM GMT";
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PlanB.appHeader = "Timeline | History of the morning-after pill";
PlanB.appFooter = "Source: The Associated Press";
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PlanB[i++] = new Array("","July 1999","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "Plan B is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for prescription use as an emergency contraceptive.";

PlanB[i++] = new Array("","April 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "Women&#146;s Capital Corp. files an application with the FDA to make Plan B available without a prescription.<br>";

PlanB[i++] = new Array("","October 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. acquires Plan B.<br>";

PlanB[i++] = new Array("","December 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "An FDA panel votes 23-4 to recommend Plan B be sold over the counter.<br>";

PlanB[i++] = new Array("","May 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "The FDA says Plan B \"not approvable\" for over-the-counter use, citing concerns about young teens using the drug.<br>";

PlanB[i++] = new Array("","July 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "Barr resubmits its application, proposing to restrict sales to older teens and women.<br>";

PlanB[i++] = new Array("","April 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., announce they will block Lester Crawford&#146;s nomination as FDA commissioner until the agency issues a decision on Plan B.";

PlanB[i++] = new Array("","July 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt says the FDA will make a decision by Sept. 1. Clinton and Murray lift their hold on Crawford, who is later confirmed by the Senate.<br>";

PlanB[i++] = new Array("","August 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "The FDA delays action, saying it needs to write rules on how to enforce the proposed age restrictions.<br>";

PlanB[i++] = new Array("","September 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "Crawford resigns.<br>";

PlanB[i++] = new Array("","October 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "The Government Accountability Office calls the FDA&#146;s handing of Plan B \"highly unusual.\"<br>";

PlanB[i++] = new Array("","March 2006","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "Clinton and Murray block Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach&#146;s confirmation as FDA commissioner pending a Plan B decision.<br>";

PlanB[i++] = new Array("","July 2006","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "The FDA says the new rules are not needed and invites Barr to amend its application to seek nonprescription sales to women 18 and older.<br>";

PlanB[i++] = new Array("","August 2006","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "FDA approves over-the-counter sales of Plan B without a prescription, but only for women over age 18.";

PlanB[i++] = new Array("","March 2009","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "Federal Judge Edward Korman orders the FDA to let 17-year-old girls use the pill without a prescription.";

PlanB[i++] = new Array("","April 2009","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
PlanB[i-1].body = "On April 22, the FDA announced it would not appeal Judge Edward Korman's orders and would allow 17-year-old girls to get the morning-after birth control pill without a doctor's prescription.";

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