Senators To Stall FDA Pick Over Contraception

Two Democratic senators plan to block a vote on President Bush's pick to head the Food and Drug Administration over the agency's stalled decision on whether to allow a "morning-after" contraceptive to be sold over the counter, one of the lawmakers said on Wednesday. Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state said after meeting with the nominee, Lester Crawford, that he had failed to reassure her and Sen. Hillary Clinton that the agency would make a definitive decision on whether to allow sales of Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Plan B without a prescription.

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