On Friday Federal Court Judge Edward Korman ruled that the FDA must make the Plan-B and other levonorgestrel-based birth control drugs available to women under the age of 17 without a prescription.

In the past girls under 17 had to get a doctor to write a prescription for emergency birth control. The FDA placed this restriction on birth control pills because they believed the drugs contained in the pill could have a dangerous effect on younger users if not administered correctly.

Pro-lifers and other women's rights groups felt this was an invasion of privacy and unnecessary. They believed that no matter the age a woman should be able to get birth control when needed without a parent's or a doctor's interference.

The judge's decision is based on scientific fact not the opinions of different groups. According to the ruling made by judge there is no danger to the health of women under the age of 17  taking Plan B or any other type of birth control.

The original report that first convinced the FDA to require the birth control prescription came from the Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. According to the L.A Times the judge used strong language in his ruling regarding Sebelius' report.

The Federal judge called Sebelius' decision, "politically motivated, scientifically unjustified and contrary to agency precedent."

A woman must take Plan B or other birth control with in 3 days of having unprotected sex in order to prevent pregnancy. If a woman is already pregnant the pill will not work.

Unplanned pregnancies often have women turning to the services of an abortion clinic. The abortion war in the United States is just as heated now as it was in 1973 when the Supreme Court ruled in Roe vs. Wade.

In 1973 the Supreme court ruled that an abortion was a matter of privacy and it dissolved the restrictions limits states placed on the availability of abortions.

But Roe vs. Wade was not the end of the argument on abortion. States have been waging their own battles in the abortion war. Some states allow women easy access to abortion clinics while others do all they can to stand in a woman's way.

According to the L.A. Times, North Dakota is trying to ban all abortions. Arkansas is trying to prevent any abortion after 12-weeks and Mississippi has only one abortion clinic in the entire state.

Now Reuters is reporting that Kansas lawmakers have sent the governor a bill to limit sex education and contraceptive materials given out in schools. The bill will also define life as beginning at conception, which will limit the availability of abortions.

According to Reuters, "The bill bars school districts from letting abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood offer, sponsor or furnish course materials or instruction on human sexuality or on sexually transmitted diseases."

The bill has not yet been signed into law, however it is likely that the Governor will sign the bill into law since he is known for being fiercely pro-life.