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Re:FDA Approves First Nonprescription Daily Oral Contraceptive by Levitz on Thursday July 13, 2023 @03:43PM (#36714935)
>The opposition is just politically-religiously motivated concern trolling.

Then why do European countries require a prescription too?

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Re:FDA Approves First Nonprescription Daily Oral Contraceptive by Spivak on Thursday July 13, 2023 @06:58PM (#36717245)
The UK allowed the pill OTC in 2021 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57384096 which only requires a consultation with the pharmacist.

France still requires a prescription but it's theater since the doctor can't deny you. There's just been little appetite for to reclassify birth control because going to the doctor isn't that much of a burden and most countries have laws against disclosing contraceptive use to parents. But now there's momentum.

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