Japan will consider easing regulations on the sale of an emergency contraceptive pill without a prescription, the health minister said Friday, taking a step toward allowing the kind of over-the-counter birth control already allowed in dozens of other countries.The "morning-after pill" is currently only available with a doctor's prescription in Japan, but activists have long argued that it should be freely available to prevent unwanted pregnancies."We would like to thoroughly discuss (the issue)," health minister Norihisa Tamura told a press conference.Tamura said he is aware that there is d…READ FULL ARTICLE
