Why is the FDA Approving Over-The-Counter Birth Control? | Emma Waters

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4.6 • 808 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The FDA has made a ruling that a particular kind of birth control will be available over the counter. Heritage researcher Emma Waters explains why conservatives should oppose this rule, and how it’s related to earlier conversations about Plan B and abortion-inducing drugs.

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0:00.0	Three, two, one, zero, all engine run.
0:07.2	There is no other institution that has the ability uniquely.
0:11.9	Without a heritage, every generation starts over.
0:15.0	To remind the current regime.
0:18.0	We the people tell the governor what it is allowed to do.
0:22.8	All, all, have to get back in their box and stay there.
0:28.6	Liktob.
0:29.4	We have a left out.
0:32.4	From the Heritage Foundation, this is Heritage Explains.
0:49.9	Yeah. Heritage Foundation, this is Heritage Explains. The first modern pharmacy in America was built by Charles Marshall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1729.
0:57.9	Marshall was an Irish immigrant and proud American patriot who was an instrumental figure in the revolution.
1:03.7	His store operated for nearly a hundred years and served a critical role in the development of standardized practices of safe and effective medicines.
1:12.1	Today, pharmacies can be found in nearly every town in America. Most of them sell not only pharmaceuticals
1:17.9	and over-the-counter medications, but also food, clothing, toys, greeting cards, and cosmetics.
1:23.6	A recent FDA ruling has determined that a new item may be added to those on offer, and quite a controversial one.
1:30.3	Oral contraceptives, more commonly known as birth control.
1:34.3	The implications of this decision are far-reaching, and here to explain is Heritage Research Associate Emma Waters.
1:45.7	I am a research associate in the Richard and Holland-Avost Center for Life, Religion, and Family.
1:51.0	And so in particular, I work with abortion and reproductive technology here at Heritage.
1:56.0	And you are just back into the building.
1:59.2	Yes.
2:00.2	What took you away?
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