After all, hormonal birth control pills can have serious side effects and some women shouldn’t take them if they have certain medical factors that conflict with the medication. The current restrictive regime is defended in the name of safety. It also adds significantly to the cost of birth control by introducing middlemen and additional steps. Why? Well, the downsides of government mandates requiring a prescription are significant.įor one thing, it makes birth control harder to access for people without health insurance or the time/resources to obtain professional medical care. The Paris-based company that asked for the over-the-counter authorization said the timing, weeks after the overturning of Roe v.
The FDA received its first application for the sale of a nonprescription birth control pill. And, according to the New York Times, it’s seriously considering it this time. This has prompted renewed calls for the FDA to approve this change.
The FDA just received a request from a contraceptive company seeking authorization to sell its birth control pills over-the-counter-without a prescription, as is required nationwide under current laws. So, whatever one believes about abortion, the timing of a new debate on birth control policy within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) couldn’t be more important. With the Supreme Court’s recent abortion decision, unplanned pregnancies are top-of-mind for many Americans.