Limiting Reproductive Rights Has US Consumers Searching For OTC Access To Birth Control

Fractl looked into online OTC birth control searches for HBW Insight after initially focusing on interest in male birth control options since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs vs. Jackson.

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Approval is high among US voters for making birth control pills available OTC, and the number of consumers already looking for the option is climbing rapidly.

Power Life Sciences Inc., which provides platform linking consumers to clinical trial opportunities, gauged interest in male birth control options...

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