It's not an everyday occurrence for the Obama Administration to lose a political battle to progressives, but that's exactly what happened when the Obama Administration dropped its appeal of a federal court decision allowing the Plan B emergency contraception pill to be sold over-the-counter to all women and girls:
The Obama administration has decided to stop trying to block over-the-counter availability of the best-known morning-after contraceptive pill for all women and girls, a move fraught with political repercussions for President Obama.
The government’s decision means that any woman or girl will soon be able to walk into a drugstore and buy the pill, Plan B One-Step, without a prescription.
The Justice Department had been fighting to prevent that outcome, but said late Monday afternoon that it would accept its losses in recent court rulings and begin putting into effect a judge’s order to have the Food and Drug Administration certify the drug for nonprescription use. In a letter to Judge Edward R. Korman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the administration said it would comply with his demands.
President Obama sold out progressives who support making it easier for women to access emergency contraception by deciding to fight the court ruling allowing Plan B contraception to be sold over-the-counter, and now they've conceded their fight against Plan B.
I'm glad the courts are on our side on this issue...