birth control pill

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

The Food and Drug Administration approved Thursday the first over-the-counter birth-control pill as concerns about cost, health hazards and correct usage take a back seat to reproductive rights after the fall of Roe v.

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

And there was also the constant fear, until the introduction of the birth-control pill in the 1960s, of unplanned pregnancies with no chance of a legal abortion before Roe v.

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.