It's Friday, July 14th. I'm Trayvau Anderson.

And I'm Priyanka Eribindi and this is what a day where we are here to fess up.

We are the ones who sent the coke to the way he was.

Yes, we did it, Joe. We did it, Joe.

On today's show, Hollywood actors are officially on strike, plus Fox News is facing a new defamation lawsuit from Get This, a man who attended the January 6th riots.

Oh, but first, the FDA approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill called O'Pill.

That means for the first time in the United States, O'Pill will be able to be sold without a prescription.

It is a move that could significantly expand access to contraception in this country, which is something that is desperately needed, especially now.

Yes, with the Supreme Court doing all that they have done. So tell us more about this O'Pill.

Yes, so this is not a new medication. O'Pill was actually first approved for prescription use 50 years ago, so it has been around.

It's a mini pill that only uses the hormone progestin, and it has a very long history of safety and efficacy.

Right off the bat, O'Pill will become the most effective method of birth control that is available over the counter, more so than condoms, or any other non-prescription methods.

So this is really an exciting development.

As for how this decision happened, back in May, a panel of 17 independent advisors to the FDA, including OBGYNs, Adolescent Medicine Specialists, a breast cancer specialist, and experts in consumer behavior and health literacy, all voted unanimously that the benefits of making this pill available to people without a prescription far outweighed any risks.

They didn't ask for our votes, but we could have got them up to 18, 19, you know, 18 and 19 right here.

So is this happening in response to the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to abortion last year?

I mean, accessibility and contraception has become even more important without row in place. It's received way more attention.

But this had been in the works long before the court ruled last summer. It's a decision that had widespread support from groups like the American Medical Association, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American Academy of Family Physicians, before Scotus even ruled on DOBS.

Estimates say that 45% of the 6 million annual pregnancies in the U.S. are actually unintended, that is a very high percentage.

And especially for people of color or those with low incomes, there are greater hurdles associated with getting a prescription and picking it up.

With this, you don't have to pay to see a doctor or take time off of work or get child care to go to a doctor's appointment.

Birth control would just be available for anyone to buy at pharmacies and drug stores all over the country.

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