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AOC mocks Boebert over claim she had her third son because birth control was too expensive

Boebert has voted against expanding contraception access

The Independent UK

With growing abortion restrictions, Democrats push for over-the-counter birth control

With abortion increasingly restricted in many states, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), hopes to persuade Republicans to back insurance coverage for over-the-counter birth control.

WEKU

FDA could approve OTC birth control

Advocates say removing the barrier of prescriptions is long overdue

Salon

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CNN Gave Trump a Megaphone and He Used It Exactly as You'd Expect

Plus: American conservatives are becoming more European, FDA approves birth control "mini pill" for over-the-counter sale, and more...

Reason

Women's reproductive rights: The extraordinary activism of Deja Foxx

Deja Foxx, 23, has just been awarded the Global Citizen Prize for her activism on women's reproductive rights. Deja first came to prominence at just 15 years old, when she challenged a Republican senator in Arizona over the right for women to have free access to birth control pills. Since…

France 24

FDA weighs potential over-the-counter birth control pill - Roll Call

FDA advisers were asked to assess whether consumers would use the pill properly if it were sold on store shelves without a prescription.

Roll Call

Birth control pills should be sold without prescription in US, health advisers say

The panel of Federal Health Advisers (FDA) voted unanimously in favour of drugmaker Perrigo’s request to sell its once-a-day medication over the counter

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FDA Might Approve Over-the-Counter Sales of One Birth Control Pill. Now It's Time To Approve All the Rest.

Why won’t the FDA allow women to buy a safer product without requiring a doctor’s visit that medical experts think is unnecessary?

Reason

Advisers to the FDA back first over-the-counter birth control pill

In a unanimous vote, 17-0, a panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended that the agency approve the first over-the-counter birth control pill.

WEKU

FDA panel backs over-the-counter birth control pill

Federal health advisers are recommending that a decades-old birth control pill be sold without a prescription

The Independent UK

FDA experts unanimously endorse over-the-counter birth control pills

A final decision from the FDA is expected to come at some point this summer.

Axios

The FDA considers first birth control pill without a prescription

The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to allow a birth control pill to be sold over the counter for the first time. An advisory committee opens a two-day hearing Tuesday.

WEKU

FDA weighing 1st over-the-counter birth control pill

U.S. health regulators are weighing the first-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription

The Independent UK

Societies and feeders welcome Centre’s decision on dedicated place and time to feed stray animals

Housing societies and animal feeders welcome the Centre’s guidelines on the Animal Birth Control Rules, which put the onus on the Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) and Apartment Owners Associations (AOA) to ensure a feeding spot and time for residents to give food to animals.

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Fortune

3 reasons we need more male birth control options, according to a top medical researcher

Additional options could help mitigate the overturn of Roe v. Wade.

Inverse

These Scientists Are Using Simple Math To Make a Better Birth Control

A study published in April found most hormonal contraceptives could lower their dosages by 92 percent yet still suppress ovulation, based on mathematical modeling.

Tribune News Service

Nick Cannon claims he has ‘super sperm,’ women get pregnant despite using birth control

Nick Cannon claims the fact he has fathered 12 kids is due, in part, to his extraordinary DNA.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk mocked for telling Tucker Carlson ‘birth control and abortion’ may lead to collapse of civilisation

The Tesla CEO has long shared his stance on procreation and population decline posing a threat to civilisation

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The Conversation

Birth control study suggests oestrogen dosage could be drastically cut – here’s what you should know

The amount of oestrogen the birth control pill currently contains is already substantially lower than it was when the pill was first licensed more than 60 years ago. But a new paper has suggested that the doses of both oestrogen and progestogen in the pill could be significantly reduced and…

WEKU

Fear of pregnancy: One teen's story in post-Roe America

In a state that bans abortion, anxiety about rape and getting pregnant drove this teen to start on birth control, though she's not having sex.

Salon

A new abortion pill ruling is super bad

The 5th Circuit judges nodded approval of a 19th century federal law that was used to ban books and birth control

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: Hang on to the pill and your IUD. After abortion, birth control is the next fight

Mark my words: Contraception is the next front in the war on women. And we can't say we haven't been warned.

Reuters

India's birth control measures resonate among its Muslims, priests play a role

Syed Mohammed Talha says he is proud that his seven-year-old daughter attends a prestigious Montessori school in India’s national capital region.

Reuters

How India's birth control battle falters in rural district

Pratima Kumari, a government health worker in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, sets off on her mini scooter every morning, crisscrossing vast corn fields and pineapple orchards to visit villages and meet young, married couples.

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More Than 1000 Aussie Women Are Taking On A Pharmaceutical Giant Over This Birth Control Device

"I would wake up in bed in a sea of blood like a homicide scene."

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