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birth control pill

[burth-kuhn-trohl] / ˈbɜrθ kənˌtroʊl /


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"It may be that the day will come when people say the birth-control pill was a mistake," Alan Sears explained.

From Salon

Food and Drug Administration approved a birth-control pill called Opill for use without a prescription on Thursday.

From Scientific American

If the FDA follows this advice, the medication, sold under the name Opill, will be the first birth-control pill available without prescription in the United States.

From Scientific American

A few years ago, after learning she had high blood pressure, Shannon Connell-Robichaud asked her doctor to switch her birth-control pill prescription.

From New York Times

If the F.D.A. approves an over-the-counter version, it will be effectively saying that women with underlying health risks who choose that option will have to do their own research on how the birth-control pill would interact with their condition and any other medications they are taking.

From New York Times