Canuck

  Tuesday, 18 May 2004

Morning After Pill in Canada: Prescription May Not Be Needed < 10:53:43 PM>.

The government proposed to allow women to obtain the so-called morning after birth-control pill without a prescription at any pharmacy in Canada. [New York Times: International] 'The move comes only weeks after the acting director of the Food and Drug Administration in the United States refused to allow the morning after pill to be sold without a prescription.

The latest divergence in American and Canadian social policy - the two governments have also gone in different directions on drug enforcement and same-sex marriages - is likely to result in many American women crossing the border to obtain the pills.'

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STE. HELENE-DE-CHESTER, QUEBEC -- An enormous long-haired dog is sleepily guarding the barn at La Moutonniere, a cheesemaking operation in this central Quebec hill town. Inside the barn, it's feeding time. Sheep are jostling and bleating as they wait their turn. Farmer Alastair MacKenzie opens the stall gate, and a dozen sheep at a time take their place at a ... [Boston Globe -- Living / Arts News]