The Justice Department said on Wednesday that it would appeal a federal judge’s order to make the most common morning-after contraceptive available without a prescription for girls and women of all ages.

 

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In his ruling, Judge Korman said the Obama administration had put politics before science in restricting access to the drug. The Justice Department’s decision to appeal was most likely based not only on the substance of that ruling, but also on the precedent it would set in countermanding an order by a White House cabinet member, Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services.

U.S. Will Appeal Order on Morning-After Pill