The decision by the conservative majority in the US Supreme Court allowing states to prohibit women’s access to abortion services likely will increase the urgency proponents will put behind making daily oral contraceptives available OTC.
Allowing States To Ban Abortion Services Increases Calls For Making Birth Control Available OTC
Supreme Court’s six conservative justices say Constitution doesn’t guarantee a woman’s right to abortion services nor prohibit states from regulating or banning the services. Dissenting liberal members decry decision as erasing women’s constitutional rights.
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