Lawmakers frustrated with U.S. regulators’ slow pace introduced a bill Thursday to force the Food and Drug Administration to decide whether the “morning-after pill” can be sold without a prescription.The measure says the Plan B pill, made by Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., would be automatically be approved for over-the-counter sale 30 days after the bill’s passage, until the agency makes a decision.The bill’s sponsors said the FDA had repeatedly refused to grant over-the-counter status for Plan B despite overwhelming scientific recommendations that it do so.
