Articles Tagged With: oral
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Should oral contraceptives move over the counter? Readers speak out
Most participants in the Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey say they support moving oral contraceptives over the counter. Almost 50% say they would support OTC availability of progestin-only pills, while 32% say they would support similar availability of combined hormonal pills.
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Over-the-counter oral contraception is caught up in politics
Over the past several years, a small cadre of socially conservative policymakers and candidates, often hailing from swing states, have started to promote the idea of moving oral contraceptives over the counter as a supposed compromise in the political fight over contraception and, more broadly, reproductive health.