Plan B subpoena stayed
Executive Summary
The Justice Department is denying the Center for Reproductive Rights' attempts to subpoena documents from the White House on Barr's OTC-switch application for Plan B. In a Nov. 30 letter, the DoJ says such a subpoena would be "inappropriate" following a stay by a Federal District judge Nov. 21 on a subpoena for FDA documents. The CRR is suing FDA over the Plan B decision-making process (1"The Pink Sheet" Sept. 4, 2006, p. 9)...
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