prevents a pregnancy the same way that a birth control pill does. It is believed that Next Choice prevents the egg from being (1) released from the ovary (ovulation), (2) fertilized by the sperm (fertilization), or (3) attached to the uterus (implantation). Implantation occurs about 7 days after ovulation.

The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it would accept, not appeal, a federal judge’s order that lifts Bush administration restrictions limiting over-the-counter sales of “Plan B” to women 18 and older. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman ruled last month in a lawsuit filed in New York that President George W. Bush’s appointees let politics, not science, drive their decision to restrict over-the-counter access.

According to tomorrow’s  Washington Post (March 24, 2009; p. AO2, subscription required), US District Judge Edward R. Korman is requiring the FDA to revisit its position on Plan B, enacted during the Bush administration, and to make the “emergency contraceptive” available to 17 year old girls within 30 days, and to further explore making the abortifacient available to all girls without a doctor’s prescription.

The Bush-era FDA had denied the abortion-causing drug to girls under 18 without a prescription.

          Which seems logical.

                    To me.

Requiring parental involvement and a doctor’s care before taking a drug known to cause the death of tiny human beings and do possible harm to a young girl’s body just seems logical.

But, then again, I am not a judge issuing orders based on ideology-free science.