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Tue 08 Aug 2001Government may legalise use of `morning-after pill'The Cabinet sub-committee on abortion is expected to recommend that the "morning-after pill" be legalised. The emergency contraceptive is available over the counter in British pharmacies but it is not licensed for sale here, even on prescription.Last year, the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) told a pharmaceutical company, seeking a licence for a drug to be taken after unprotected intercourse, that the drug appeared to act as an abortifacient. The application was withdrawn.