It certainly looks like the LA Times is in sync with the Washington Compost in the timing of their "information", lol. This article appeared today in the LA Times, what a coincidence. How fortunate for all of us that these fine news organizations conspire, I mean, work hard to inform and advise.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fda25may25,0,3259830.story?coll=la-home-nation
Available only by prescription, Plan B is a high dose of a common contraceptive that, if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex, works primarily by preventing a woman's ovary from releasing an egg. It also may prevent fertilization of an egg or prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus. The FDA does not consider Plan B to be an abortion drug, Woodcock and Galson testified.
As an over the counter drug for teens to use, there is the obvious risk of young females using the drug too often or at times when increased risk due to an already implanted embryo is targeted ... these ingested hormones are not mild chemicals with easily adjusted effects.