br00t4c, 18 days ago to random

The Promise and Perils of Over-the-Counter Birth Control

#opill #overthecounter

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/05/over-counter-hormonal-birth-control-concern/678468/

br00t4c, 1 month ago to random

Over-the-Counter Birth Control Is Here--Young People Should Be Able to Learn About It

#opill #overthecounter

https://progressive.org/op-eds/over-the-counter-birth-control-young-people-mitragotri-20240429/

br00t4c, 1 month ago to random

How Much Opill, the Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill, Actually Costs

#opill

https://lifehacker.com/health/how-much-does-opill-actually-cost

TheConversationUS, 2 months ago to Health

Birth control pills will be found on retail shelves in the US for the first time in a few weeks.

#Opill is 98% effective, quite affordable and is a progestin-only pills, which carries a very minimal risk of blood clots.

Quick explainer from a pharmacy professor:
https://theconversation.com/opill-the-first-over-the-counter-birth-control-pill-will-be-on-shelves-soon-here-are-some-key-things-to-know-225245
#birthcontrol #health

br00t4c, 3 months ago to random

Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control, will be available in stores soon

#opill

https://www.salon.com/2024/03/04/opill-the-first-over-the-counter-birth-control-will-be-available-in-stores-soon/

BigAngBlack, 3 months ago to random

First over-the-counter #BirthControl pill in US to go on sale later this month
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/04/opill-birth-control-pill

> #Opill is being shipped to retailers and pharmacies, and its arrival on shelves comes at a deeply fraught time for #ReproductiveRights

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Greenlandic women sue Danish state for #contraceptive ‘violation’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/04/greenlandic-women-sue-danish-state-for-contraceptive-violation-coil

> Group of 143 allege they were fitted with coils without consent or knowledge between 1966 and 1970, when some were children

br00t4c, 3 months ago to random

Opill, the First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill to Hit Stores with No Age Restriction

#opill

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/opill-the-first-over-the-counter-birth-control-pill-to-hit-stores

jrefior, 10 months ago to Women

"The #FDA on Thursday approved the nation’s first over-the-counter #BirthControl pill... allowing women and girls to obtain contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin and eyedrops.

"Once-a-day #Opill can be sold without a prescription, making it the first such medication to be moved out from behind the pharmacy counter. The manufacturer won’t start shipping the pill until early next year, and there will be no age restrictions on sales."
https://apnews.com/article/birth-control-pills-without-prescription-fda-b6728e98af5f1625520e0fa5fbc911c3

#OTC #pill #women

itnewsbot, 10 months ago to Health

FDA approves the first over-the-counter birth control pill - Enlarge (credit: Perrigo)

For the first time, the Food and Dru... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1953709 #plannedparenthood #birthcontrolpill #over-the-counter #birthcontrol #pregnancy #health #opill #fda #otc

persagen, 11 months ago to Wyoming

Judge temporarily blocks Wyoming's 1st-in-the-nation abortion pill ban
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/23/1183924567/judge-temporarily-blocks-wyomings-1st-in-the-nation-abortion-pill-ban

Abortion pills will remain legal in Wyoming after a judge ruled Thursday that the 1st-in-the-nation law to ban them won't take effect July 1 as planned while a lawsuit proceeds.

While other states have instituted de facto bans on the medication by broadly prohibiting abortion, only Wyoming has specifically banned abortion pills
...

#mifepristone #Wyoming #abortion #AbortionPill #GuttmacherInstitute

itnewsbot, 1 year ago to science

FDA advisers vote unanimously in favor of OTC birth control pills - Enlarge (credit: Perrigo)

A panel of independent medical exper... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1938251 #hormonalbirthcontrolpill #reproductiverights #oralcontraceptive #over-the-counter #otcbirthcontrol #contraceptives #birthcontrol #prescription #womenshealth #pregnancy #science #opill #fda #otc

mjgardner, 1 year ago to random

I’m glad this #FDA advisory panel voted unanimously in support of allowing over-the-counter sales of the #Opill #BirthControl pill. https://apple.news/AYJH7mp9bRPuYaJhLWWoniw

I still don’t think the FDA should exist. #EndTheFDA https://ari.aynrand.org/issues/government-and-business/health-care/