Morning After Pill Without Perscription: Federal Judge orders FDA to Make Pregnancy Prevention Pill Available to People Of All Ages

The morning after pill will now be available to women of all ages, and with out a prescription. A federal judge ordered the FDA to release the restriction, requiring a prescription for girls 16 and younger.

Judge Edward R. Korman ruled that sale restrictions be lifted on Plan B and other morning-after contraceptives with in 30 days.

The controversial decision comes after a yearlong political battle over who should have access to the preventative pill and under what circumstances.

The new ruling counteracts an unprecedented move by the Obama administration's Health and Human Services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, who in 2011 overruled a recommendation by the Food and Drug Administration to make the pill available for all ages without a prescription, according to The New York Times.

Scientist nationwide have been recommending oral contraceptives such as Plan B, which is effective 72 hours after having unprotected sex, for years.

Do you think women of all ages should have access to Plan B? Will this new ruling help minimize team pregnancy?

Here is how some people are reacting on Twitter about the Plan B ruling: