For the first time, a pharmaceutical company has asked for permission to sell a birth control pill over the counter in the U.S. HRA Pharma's application on Monday sets up a high-stakes decision for health regulators amid legal and political battles over women'sreproductive health. The company...
But women's health advocates hope the decision will pave the way for more over-the-counter birth control options and, eventually, for abortion pills to do the same. That said, FDA's decision has no relation to the ongoing court battles over the abortion pill mifepristone. The studies in Pe...
A drug company is seeking U.S. approval for the first birth control pill that women could buy without a prescription.
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In the U.S. Senate, Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) have introduced measures that would allow women to buy birth control pills approved by the Food and Drug Administration over the counter. Advertisement The measures would make it easier for women to obtain birth control...
WASHINGTON-For the first time, a pharmaceutical company has asked for permission to sell a birth control pill over the counter in the U.S. HRA Pharma’s application on Monday sets up a high-stakes decision for health regulators amid legal and political battles over women’s reproductive healt...
People will be able to buy an over-the-counter contraceptive pill, marketed by Perrigo Company as Opill, at major retailers and pharmacies in the US in
"She Thinks" Should birth control be available over the counter? (Podcast Episode 2015) - Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
If birth control pills were easy to get over-the-counter, Planned Parenthood would lose a tremendous revenue stream. It benefits when the government forces women to go to its prescription-writing centers. It benefits by restricting a woman’s access to birth control. By Planned Parenthood’s ...
Washington— People with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter birth control methods like condoms, the "morning after" pill and birth control pills for free under a rule the White House proposed Monday. Right now, health insurers must cover the...