If the application is approved, Opill will be the first contraceptive pill to be sold over the counter in the United States.
Walgreens and CVS Pharmacy are facing backlash over policies that allow pharmacists to deny birth control prescriptions. Here's what we know.An FDA advisory panel on Wednesday unanimously recommended the agency allow a birth control pill to be available over the counter in the U.S.The panel came to the decision after a two-day public meeting mostly centered on if people could safely and effectively take the birth control drug Opill without professional supervision.
"The evidence demonstrates that the benefits clearly exceed the risks," Curtis said."The benefits of moving Opill over the counter include increased access to contraception ... reduction in unintended pregnancy and associated risks, and improved reproductive autonomy and improved equitable access to contraception.
"The history of women’s contraception is a struggle for women’s control over their reproduction, and we need to trust women," said Dr. Katalin Roth, a professor of medicine at George Washington University and a member of the advisory panel. Free the Pill and other advocacy groups that support improving access to contraceptives rallied outside the White House on Monday in support of making Opill available over the counter.
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