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Pharmacies deny emergency contraception to teens

Time Magazine’s blog reports a study that found about one in five pharmacies incorrectly denying teenage girls emergency contraception.

By law, teenagers 17 and older can buy the pills over the counter. The emergency contraceptives are also known Plan B or the “morning-after pill,” because they are most effective immediately following potential conception.

Researchers from Boston University, posing as either 17-year-old girls or doctors seeking Plan B emergency contraception for their 17-year-old patients, called 943 drugstores.

They found that 19% of pharmacists told ...

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