Morning after pill now available at nationwide pharmacies

The controversial and over-the-counter version of the morning-after pill is now available at pharmacies nationwide after just a month of initial distribution. Some companies must have seen huge demand here, as that is incredibly fast for nationwide distribution of anything in any market.

The group 'Planned Parenthood' celebrated Wednesday with a free giveaway of the emergency contraceptive. The other side's critics insisted that the morning-after pill -- commonly called " Plan B" -- now has such widespread accessibility that it will cause regret for many.

The morning-after pill was the focus of bitter debate for years before the FDA said in August that any customer over the age of 18 should be able to buy it in pharmacies without a prescription. That is now a reality in nationwide pharmacies. The drug contains a high dose of a drug found in many regular birth-control pills and can lower the risk of pregnancy by up to 89 percent if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex.