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Students at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania will now have easy access to the Plan B or "morning after" pill thanks to a new vending machine in the school's health center.

Students at a University in Pennsylvania can get the "morning-after" pill by paying $25 to a vending machine, and has drawn the attention of federal regulators and is raising questions about how accessible emergency contraception should be.

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This undated photo shows the vending machine at Shippensburg University's Etter Health Center that provides the Plan B emergency contraceptive along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests.

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Shippensburg University is getting flack for offering the so-called "morning-after" birth control pill to students through a vending machine.

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This undated photo provided by Shippensburg University shows the vending machine at the Pennsylvania college's Etter Health Center that provides the Plan B emergency contraceptive along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests.

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The case of a Shippensburg man who allegedly pointed a stolen handgun at a carload of people on Interstate 81 and was later arrested with 20 bags of cocaine will move forward in the court system.

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SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - Students at Shippensburg University in central Pennsylvania can get the "morning-after" pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine installed at the request of the student government.

College vending machines have long been the supplier for late-night munchies after a wild night out, but now a local university's vending machine is selling something else that may be related to a wild night out: The morning after pill.

It would cut funding for the 14 schools in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, including Shippensburg and Millersville universities by 20 percent.

This question, though juvenile and reminiscent of something your younger brother might have asked while on a road trip, sparks a much larger debate.

A Shippensburg man is due in court today on charges that he pointed a loaded, stolen handgun at a carload of people on Interstate 81 and was later arrested with 20 bags of cocaine and a bag of marijuana.