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HHS Secretary Sebelius Halts Over-the-Counter Morning-After Pill

In a surprise move, the nation's health secretary stopped the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms, deciding Wednesday that young girls shouldn't be able to buy it on their own. The Food and Drug Administration was preparing to lift a controversial age limit and make Plan B One-Step the nation's first over-the-counter emergency contraceptive, available for purchase by people of any age without a prescription. But Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius intervened at the eleventh hour and overruled her own experts. Plan B instead will remain behind the pharmacy counter, as it is sold today -- available without a prescription only for those 17 and older who show an ID proving their age. Sebelius' reason: Some girls as young as 11 are physically capable of bearing children, and Plan B's maker didn't prove that younger girls could properly understand how to use this product without guidance from an adult. "It is common knowledge tha...

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  1. Sebelius' ObamaCare fundraising bigger than Iran-Contra?

    Sen. Lamar Alexander wants the Government Accountability Office to investigate Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' fundraising of the Affordable Care Act

  2. Republicans urge watchdog probe into Sebelius seeking ObamaCare donations

    Senate Republicans joined their House colleagues in calling on a government watchdog agency to investigate Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius soli...

  3. Growing controversy over FDA ruling on morning-after pill

    James Rosen reports from Washington, D.C.

  4. Obama Picks Kansas Governor for Cabinet Spot

    President Obama asked Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to join his Cabinet as secretary of health and human services on Saturday and Sebelius accepted, a senior adminis...

  5. Secretary Sebelius Shoots for Santa's Nice List

    Did Christmas come early this year? Kathleen Sebelius , Obama's strongly pro-abortion Secretary of Health and Human Services, miraculously rejected the Food and Drug...

  6. Benghazi, IRS and AP scandals reveal Obama's culture of corruption

    News that the IRS targeted conservative groups for intense scrutiny is just one in a series of revelations pointing to a culture of expediency and intolerance in the...

  7. Lawmakers ramp up scandal scrutiny, Boehner wants 'jail' for IRS offenders

    Congressional Republicans -- as well as some Democrats -- are putting the screws to the Obama administration as they investigate a rash of potential scandals, lining...

  8. A Scandalous Triple Play for Obama

    "I don't have a lot of time -- I have three-and-a-half years left. It goes by like that [snaps fingers]."-- President Obama speaking at a political fundraiser in New...

  9. White House in damage control mode as potential scandals pile up

    The White House was in damage control mode Tuesday as an escalating series of potential scandals raised questions about whether officials abused their authority -- a...

  10. House committee to probe Sebelius soliciting money for ObamaCare signups

    House Republicans are starting a probe into Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius soliciting donations from companies her agency might regulate, to h...

  11. HHS Secretary Sebelius : Ample H1N1 Vaccine Will Be Available for All

    HHS Secretary Sebelius: Ample H1N1 Vaccine Will Be Available for AllMonday, October 26, 2009PrintHealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday th...

  12. Judge Napolitano on the Plan B Legal Battle

    FNC senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano on the political and legal battle over the age limits for the Plan B pill.

  1. HHS Secretary Sebelius critiques Republican proposal to turn Medicare into a voucher program

    A top U.S. health official said she cannot rule out future cost increases to Medicare beneficiaries, but predicted a Republican budget-cutting proposal would force b...

  2. HHS Secretary Sebelius to use social networking to get health information to minorities

    NEW YORK (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is developing an action plan that will focus on reducing health disparities between minority an...

  3. HHS Secretary Sebelius vows 'zero tolerance' for insurers blaming premium hikes on health law

    President Barack Obama's top health official on Thursday warned the insurance industry that the administration won't tolerate blaming premium hikes on the new health...

  4. Rep. Gowdy: No excuse not to be closer to Benghazi truth

    South Carolina congressman on why subpoenas haven't been issued in the Benghazi investigation and why HHS Secretary Sebelius will wish Justice Roberts would have thrown out ObamaCare

  5. Obama Pleads Inefficacy on Scandals

    "The American people are left to wonder what conduct is at the base of [her] concern that she may incriminate herself in connection with criminal charges if she appe...

  6. ObamaCare is about power

    Editor's note: This commentary first appeared in The Washington Examiner.Members of the House of Representatives are scheduled to vote Thursday to repeal all of Obam...

  7. HHS Asking Private Sector for Donations?

    Former Gov. Haley Barbour, (R-Miss.), on HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking companies for financial donations to help implement health-care reform.

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