Health
First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Approved by US Regulators
- Opill is first US daily non-prescription birth control pill
- Biden to highlight reproductive rights in reelection campaign
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Perrigo Co.’s Opill received US clearance as the first daily oral birth-control product available without a prescription, coming at a time when reproductive rights are increasingly under fire.
The decision released Thursday by the US Food and Drug Administration widens access to the drug by removing barriers to obtaining oral contraception, such as inability to get a doctor’s appointment.