WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Democratic senators have dropped their objections to U.S. President George W. Bush's pick to head the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a congressional spokeswoman said on Thursday after the agency approved wider access to a morning-after contraceptive.
Sens. Patty Murray of Washington and Hillary Clinton of New York said for months that they would block a full Senate vote on Acting FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach until the agency made a decision on the controversial Plan B pill.
Murray spokeswoman Alex Glass said the lawmakers would now lift their opposition after the FDA earlier on Thursday approved Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s bid to sell its emergency contraceptive without a prescription to women 18 and older.
"She will keep her promise and lift her hold," Glass told Reuters, adding that Clinton would do the same.
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