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Holyoke City Council will let lawsuit play out before voting to back or balk at needle exchange

By Mike Plaisance
The Republican
May 22, 2013

HOLYOKE -- The City Council will continue waiting until a lawsuit over a needle exchange program is resolved before taking a vote on whether to approve or reject the program.

"The litigation is still pending," council President Kevin A. Jourdain said Wednesday.

Obama is right to expand access to ‘morning-after’ pill

The Boston Globe
June 12, 2013

The idea of teenagers having unfettered access to the “morning-after” pill makes some parents understandably squeamish. But denying the drug to girls could have had a devastating impact on their lives, and the Obama administration has finally made the right call by dropping its objections to the drug’s availability at pharmacies.