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<p>by <em> Mike Fichter</em></p>
<p>It’s official – the Obama administration has thrown in the towel on its half-hearted effort to keep age restrictions on the over-the-counter sale of so-called “emergency contraceptives.”  The unsurprising capitulation now paves the way for what the Food and Drug Administration promises will be swift approval for making the drug openly and readily available to girls of any age.</p>
<p>Welcome to the latest lowlight in this culture’s mad rush into the abyss.</p>
<p>Welcome to an America where pills that can kill a new life after fertilization may now be stocked next to chewable vitamins and superhero bandages. <span class="post-teaser-more">&nbsp;<a href="http://heartsunitedforlife.com/?p=1962" title="Permanent Link: Throwing in the towel" rel="bookmark">Read more...</a> <i>(292 words, estimated 1:10  mins reading time)</i></span></p>

<div class="post-teaser-block">This is a preview of <q>Throwing in the towel</q>. <a href="http://heartsunitedforlife.com/?p=1962" title="Permanent Link: Throwing in the towel" rel="bookmark">Read the full post (292 words, estimated 1:10  mins reading time)</a></div>{"id":1962,"date":"2013-06-15T15:50:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T19:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2013-08-15T18:15:44","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T22:15:44","slug":"throwing-in-the-towel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=1962","title":{"rendered":"Throwing in the towel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>by\u00a0<em>\u00a0Mike Fichter<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s official \u2013 the Obama administration has thrown in the towel on its half-hearted effort to keep age restrictions on the over-the-counter sale of so-called \u201cemergency contraceptives.\u201d\u00a0 The unsurprising capitulation now paves the way for what the Food and Drug Administration promises will be swift approval for making the drug openly and readily available to girls of any age.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the latest lowlight in this culture\u2019s mad rush into the abyss.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to an America where pills that can kill a new life after fertilization may now be stocked next to chewable vitamins and superhero bandages. <span class=\"post-teaser-more\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=1962\" title=\"Permanent Link: Throwing in the towel\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read more...<\/a> <i>(292 words, estimated 1:10  mins reading time)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"post-teaser-block\">This is a preview of <q>Throwing in the towel<\/q>. <a href=\"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=1962\" title=\"Permanent Link: Throwing in the towel\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read the full post (292 words, estimated 1:10  mins reading time)<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Throwing in the towel - Hearts United For Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=1962\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Throwing in the towel - Hearts United For Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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