Women and girls age 15 and over will soon be able to buy emergency contraception without a prescription. The Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that it was approving Plan B One-Step, also known as the morning-after pill, to be sold in the retail aisle next to other over-the-counter medications. Customers will not have to ask a pharmacist for it. FDA officials say the announcement is unrelated to a federal judge's order earlier this month, which gave the agency 30 days to make the pill available to all girls and women without a prescription, regardless of age. Until now, women have had to ask a pharmacist for emergency contraception. Those under 17 could get the pill only with a prescription. In his April 5th ruling,U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman noted that emergency contraception has been shown to be extremely safe, and that the FDA's age limits were arbitrary. "FDA has engaged in intolerable delays," Korman said, amounting to an "adm...