First over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval:
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Thursday approved the nation’s first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow American women and girls to obtain contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin and eyedrops. to be sold without a prescription, making it the first such medication to be moved out from behind the pharmacy counter.
Perrigo says Opill could be an important new option for the estimated 15 million U.S. women who currently use no birth control or less effective methods, such as condoms. They are a fifth of women who are child-bearing age. The FDA approval gives U.S. women another birth control option amid the legal and political battles over reproductive health, including last year’s reversal of That said, Opill’s approval is unrelated to the ongoing court battles over the . And anti-abortion groups have generally emphasized that they do not oppose contraceptives, which are used to prevent pregnancies, not end them.
Perrigo submitted years of research to the FDA to show that women could understand and follow instructions for using the pill. Thursday’s approval came despite some about the company’s results, including whether women with certain underlying medical conditions would understand that they shouldn’t take the drug.
“My parents did not let me go on the pill,” Huitron said in a recent interview. “There was just a lot of cultural stigma around being sexually active before you’re married.”
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