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Today at Ms. | July 13, 2023
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Over-the-Counter Birth Control Is Here [[link removed]]
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The FDA approved the birth control pill for distribution in the United States by prescription in 1960, but it is currently only available with a prescription from a doctor or pharmacist. (areeya_ann / Shutterstock)
BY CARRIE N. BAKER and ROXY SZAL | The FDA approved the birth control pill Opill to be available over-the-counter—the first nonprescription birth control pill in the U.S. It is expected to be available in stores and online beginning early next year. The price is still unknown.
In a Kaiser survey last year, more than three-quarters of women of reproductive age said they favored an over-the-counter pill, citing convenience as the primary motivating factor.
Most birth control pills contain estrogen and progestin. In contrast, Opill is a “progestin-only” pill. Progestin-only pills are 93 to 99 percent effective at preventing pregnancy.
“Birth control is safe, effective and essential—women across America have known that for decades, and I’m glad the FDA has followed the science to finally put over-the-counter birth control on the shelves,” said Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.). “For the first time ever, women in this country will be able to walk into a pharmacy and pick up birth control without a prescription. But it’s not enough for an over-the-counter birth control pill to be available to women—it has to be affordable, too. That’s why we need to pass my legislation that would make certain insurers fully cover over-the-counter birth control, without any out-of-pocket costs”—legislation known as the Affordability Is Access Act.
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The Incarcerated Woman Who Wishes MeToo Had Arrived Earlier [[link removed]]
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Celeste Blair around age 10. (Courtesy of Blair’s family, via Mother Jones)
BY CELESTE BLAIR, AS TOLD TO SAMANTHA MICHAELS | Celeste Blair landed in prison after a series of abusive relationships. She hopes the MeToo movement saves younger women from a similar fate.
“They literally degraded me to the point that I felt like I was a convict and nothing more. … I’m hoping my granddaughter and my nieces are living in this new world where a girl has a lot more say.”
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Immigrant Justice Is Reproductive Justice: Latin Communities Under Attack Post-Roe [[link removed]]
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A protest during the International Safe Abortion Day in Mexico City, Mexico, on Sept. 28, 2022. (Daniel Cardenas / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
BY LUPE M. RODRÍGUEZ | Latinas are disproportionately affected by harmful immigration policies and the continued attacks on abortion care one year after the Dobbs decision ended the constitutional right to abortion.
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice’s Lupe M. Rodríguez talks about her own experience coming to the U.S. and why the Biden administration must do everything it can to improve our immigration system.
“I know firsthand that far too many of our families live in constant fear of the threat of deportation, detention and separation. This pushes us further into hiding and prevents us from living healthy and safe lives.
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