Family planning groups campaigned for wider availability and last summer a drug manufacturer applied to supply the drug to UK women over 16 without a prescription. In December 2000, the British DOH- Department of Health announced that in pilot testing, readily available EC helped prevent hundreds of unwanted pregnancies. The BMA- British Medical Association is urging the government to eliminate the age restriction and let pharmacists supply EC without a prescription to anyone who needs it. Public health nurses will dispense the 'morning after' pill to travelers as part of basic services in the health clinic at Manchester Airport. Row over new 'morning after' pill.
Doctors urge nonprescription status.
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