Plan B rules upheld

Harrison Lee • Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Plan B rules upheld</h1>
                <h2><p>A federal appeals court has upheld Washington state's rules designed to force pharmacies to dispense Plan B, the emergency contraception drug. Noting that this was the second reversal of rulings by U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton on the issue, Associated Press reports the decision was unanimous</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/harrison-lee-crosscut-com/">Harrison Lee</a></p> 
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            <p>A federal appeals court has upheld Washington state's rules designed to force pharmacies to dispense Plan B, the emergency contraception drug. Noting that this was the second reversal of rulings by U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton on the issue,<a href="http://q13fox.com/2015/07/23/ruling-washington-can-require-pharmacies-to-dispense-plan-b/?ref=avalancheghost.one"> Associated Press reports</a> the decision was unanimous among the three judges hearing the issue for the 9th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals.</p>
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A federal appeals court has upheld Washington state's rules designed to force pharmacies to dispense Plan B, the emergency contraception drug. Noting that this was the second reversal of rulings by U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton on the issue, Associated Press reports the decision was unanimous among the three judges hearing the issue for the 9th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals.

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By Harrison Lee

Harrison Lee is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He is a senior at Seattle Academy. He has had journalistic experience working with Microsoft in Bangalore, India. In Seattle, he produced an investigat