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Likely Limits On Reproductive Rights Drive Democrats’ Urgency For OTC Oral Contraceptive

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Sponsors in both chambers amplify the FDA’s role announcing the legislation, saying the bills intend to “maintain the FDA’s sole authority to determine the safety and efficacy of drugs and make them available over-the-counter without a prescription.”

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The US Supreme Court’s likely ruling and state legislatures’ decisions limiting reproductive freedom should make urgent allowing OTC sales of daily oral contraceptives, say Democrat sponsors re-introducing the Affordability is Access Act.

The bills, S.4347 and H.R.7394, would require private insurance companies to cover comprehensive preventive health services and expand...

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