As the Wire noted in Tuesday's column roundup, The New York Times on Wednesday ran an op-ed arguing for the birth control pill to be approved for over-the-counter use. Kelly Blanchard, the author, ...

There’s a new kind of vending machine on the University of Washington campus. It sells pregnancy tests, tampons, tylenol – and the morning-after pill for $12.60, packaged in purple and white boxes. It ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Need Plan B? Tap your credit card and enter B6. Since last November, a library at the University of Washington has featured a different kind of vending machine, one that’s become more ...

Japan has for the first time approved over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraceptive pill, its manufacturer says, allowing women in the country to take the medication without prescription. ASKA ...

Chips, soda, candy bars and … contraceptives? A Pennsylvania university has a vending machine that sells Plan B One-Step emergency contraception — also known as the morning-after pill — and other ...