Articles From Avni Patel

Politics and Plan B By Avni Patel Administrative Law, November 2005 On August 26, 2005, the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Dr. Lester M. Crawford, announced the postponement of a final decision regarding an application by Barr Laboratories on whether to allow nonprescription sales of its controversial emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B, for women over the age of 17.

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