Like Plan B, Approval For OTC Daily Oral Contraceptives In US Could Be An 'Adventure’

It was only after prolonged litigation led a federal judge in 2013 to order FDA not to allow political interference with its science-based decisions that Plan B and generic equivalents became available OTC without age restrictions. “Hopefully, all I can say, it won't happen again,” says reproductive rights advocate Kirsten Moore.

• Source: Alamy

The prolonged, contentious process that led to allowing OTC sales of emergency contraceptives in the US was “the adventure of a lifetime” for women’s reproductive rights advocate Kirsten Moore.

Asking the Food and Drug Administration for approval of an OTC daily oral contraceptive could be just as eventful, suggests...

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