Summary of the Plan B Case
The Legal Team
Cast of Characters in the Plan B Saga
Plan B Timeline
Deposition Transcripts
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THE FIGHT FOR EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION:
EVERY SECOND COUNTS

Plan B:
Press Releases (2001-2006)


November 8, 2006
Judge Permits Center for Reproductive Rights to Subpoena White House Documents in Lawsuit Against the FDA over "Morning After Pill"

August 24, 2006
Lawsuit by Center for Reproductive Rights Exposes High-Level FDA Cover-Up
Agency Decision Comes Weeks after Center Sought to Subpoena White House Documents
Lawsuit Testimony Shows Opposition by Agency Scientists to Arbitrary Age Limit

August 3, 2006
Depositions Indicate Bush Administration Exerted Political Influence on FDA During Plan B Review Process
Center for Reproductive Rights Requests White House Subpoena

July 31, 2006
Center for Reproductive Rights Questions Timing of FDA Plan B Announcement
Will Continue to Push for White House Subpoena

July 7, 2006
Center Sends Bush Letter, Urging President To Put Position On Contraception To The Test

June 12, 2006
Former Head Of FDA Dr. Mark Mcclellan To Be Deposed on Tuesday, June 13 In "Morning-After Pill" Case As Agency Rejects Five-Year-Old Citizen’s Petition

May 24, 2006
Woodcock and Galson Depositions Released: Ex-FDA Chief Yanked Authority from Senior Staff in "Morning-After Pill" Decision, Officials Testify

March 15, 2006
State of Wisconsin Seeks to Join Center's Lawsuit Against the FDA Over the Morning-After Pill

December 16, 2005 - Media Advisory
Oral Argument in FDA Lawsuit Postponed Until Thursday, 2:00pm

November 14, 2005
GAO Report on FDA’S Plan B Decision Process Confirms Center's Lawsuit

August 26, 2005
Shame on the FDA: More Deception and Delay
Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights

May 12, 2005
The FDA Under Evangelical Influence on Plan B Decision? No Surprise There
Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights

April 13, 2005
FDA Commissioner Crawford, No More Stalling!
Plan B Belongs On the Drugstore Shelves.

Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights

March 23, 2005
Yet Another Excuse from the FDA on Delaying Plan B Decision
Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights

January 21, 2005
Center Sues FDA for Denying Women Over-the-Counter Access to Emergency Contraception

May 7, 2004
Statement of Nancy Northup, President of the Center for Reproductive Rights on the FDA Refusal to Approve Emergency Contraception

December 19, 2003
Center Praises FDA Panels’ Recommendations to Make Emergency Contraception Over-The-Counter

February 12, 2003
Two Years Later: Over The Counter Emergency Contraception Still Stalled Before Bush Administration FDA

February 13, 2002
One Year Later: Bush Administration Still Stalling the Center for Reproductive Rights' Request for Over the Counter Emergency Contraception

February 13, 2002
One Year Later: Bush Administration Still Stalling the Center for Reproductive Rights' Request For Over-The-Counter Emergency Contraception
Statement by Bonnie Scott Jones, Attorney of record on FDA petition, Center for Reproductive Rights

October 4, 2001
FDA Still Mum about Bringing Emergency Contraceptives Over The Counter

August 13, 2001
FDA Decision to Make Emergency Contraception Available Over the Counter Due Tomorrow

February 14, 2001
Center for Reproductive Rights Petitions FDA to Change Emergency Contraception from Prescription to Over the Counter

February 14, 2001
Statement of Bonnie Scott Jones on Emergency Contraception Petition to the FDA