Update at 4:45pm 5/2/13
President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his administration’s decision to appeal a judge’s ruling that the Plan B morning after pill should be available to women and girls of all ages, saying he was “very comfortable” with the FDA’s current rule.
Obama said the agency was likely to conduct an additional review, but would go forward with the appeal nonetheless.
“I’m very comfortable with the decision they’ve made right now based on solid scientific evidence for girls 15 and older,” Obama said at a Mexico City press conference with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
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