How Has the Birth Control Pill Changed Your Life?

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🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This month, the FDA approved the country’s first-ever daily hormonal contraceptive pill for sale without a prescription. The approval is a major milestone for reproductive care, as state lawmakers ban or limit abortion access throughout the country. The over-the-counter contraceptive, called Opill, has been around for decades, and now Perrigo, the pill’s manufacturer, says it will make the pill “accessible and affordable to women and people of all ages.” We’ll look at the science, the politics and the early history of the pill, and we’ll hear from you: has the pill changed your life? Guests: Pam Belluck, health and science reporter, New York Times Pratima Gupta, assistant professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, UCSD Health Margaret Marsh, historian of medicine and University Professor, Rutgers University. She's the author, with gynecologist Wanda Ronner, of several books on the history of reproductive medicine and technology, including "The Fertility Doctor: John Rock and the Reproductive Revolution." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.0	Americans soon won't need a prescription to get a birth control pill after the FDA two weeks ago approved the country's first ever over-the-counter oral contraceptive known as O-Pill.
1:06.0	The historic approval comes with relatively little opposition and is still sinking in.
1:12.1	So how do we get here?
1:13.8	And will this pill be effective and affordable?
1:16.5	We look at the science, the politics, and the history of the pill this hour, and hear from you,
1:22.1	what impact do you think an over-the-counter pill will have?
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1:37.4	Thank you. an over-the-counter pill will have. Join us. Welcome to Forum.
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