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Saturday, July 15th, 2023

Over-the-counter birth control is a post-Roe “game-changer”

Author:     April Rubin
Source:     Axios
Publication Date:     14 July 2023
 Link: Over-the-counter birth control is a post-Roe “game-changer”
Stephan:  

This is some excellent news about contraception if it endures. However, if Clarence Thomas has his way it won’t He has made it explicit and clear that he would like to see your right to contraception made unlawful, and I expect that the rest of the christofascist cabal that controls the Supreme Court may concur. Alito, for one. certainly seems to be indicating that he would. Here is a fact-based assessment of where contraception stands today.

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios

The most commonly prescribed contraceptive in America is getting easier to access, if you can afford it or live in the right state.

Why it matters: The role of of contraception has become more vital with mounting abortion restrictions across the U.S., a year after the Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion.

  • The FDA’s approval of the first over-the-counter birth control pill, Opill, in the U.S. on Thursday is a “a game changer in terms of access,” Dr. Julia Cron, chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, told Axios.

Driving the news: More than 100 countries provide over-the-counter birth control pills without a prescription.

  • But similar progress has buckled in the U.S. thanks to lengthy regulatory processes and limited research in reproductive heath, Dr. Raegan McDonald-Mosley, the CEO of reproductive wellbeing nonprofit of Power to Decide, said.
  • Opill was the first birth control pill to be considered by the FDA as an over-the-counter option, and it could now […]
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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Saturday, July 15, 2023 at 3:12 pm

    At least in some parts of the country, women have rights which they deserve.