Japan Likely to Approve ‘Morning After Pill’
Over-the-counter emergency contraceptives likely available early next year
By: Peter Chai
Japanese women can expect to be able to buy so-called “morning after pills” to end unwanted pregnancies without a prescription and with no age limit sometime early next year under a plan approved recently by a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry committee to allow the purchase of the emergency contraceptives at pharmacies, a major step in b…
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