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OTC BIRTH CONTROL APPROVED BY THE FDA

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FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill in US | CNN

The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the birth control pill Opill to be available over-the-counter, the first nonprescri

CNN

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Add to the list of "things about America I (american) didn't know were not normal worldwide"

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I mean. Birth control is by prescription in lots of places, because there are genetic and lifestyle reasons why they may not be a great option for you. The difference is that it’s usually low cost or free as well as easy to get said prescription. Sweden, for example, lets nurse midwives prescribe (in fact, lots of work done by OBGYNs in the US, like pap smears etc., is done by nurse midwives), and while it’s still comparatively low cost for older adults, anyone under 26 can go to ungdomsmottagningen (approx. “the youth clinic”) entirely free of charge. But that way, if you’re a smoker they’ll tell you to quit, if you have a family history of blood clots or are taking meds that may interfere, they can guide you towards another method of birth control.