The US has approved its first over-the-counter birth control pill, broadening access to reproductive healthcare for millions.
Regulators in the US have approved the nation’s first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow people to obtain contraceptive medication as easily as they buy eyedrops.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared once-a-day Opill to be sold without a prescription, making it the first such medication to be moved out from behind the pharmacy counter. The manufacturer, Ireland-based Perrigo, won’t start shipping the pill until early next year, and there will be no age restrictions on sales.
Hormone-based pills have been the most common form of birth control in the US since the 1960s. Until now, all of them required a prescription.
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