Latest Birth control News
FDA panel backs over-the-counter sales of birth control pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. approval of the first over-the-counter contraceptive medication. The panel of FDA advisers voted unanimously in...
Vermont governor signs 1st-in-nation shield bills that explicitly include medicated abortion
Vermont's Republican governor signed abortion and gender affirming shield bills into law Wednesday that are the first in the country to explicitly include protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of the pill,...
Over-the-counter birth control pill faces FDA questions
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are weighing the first-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription. But in an initial review posted Friday, the Food and Drug Administration raised numerous concerns about drugmaker Perrigo’s application to...
NY governor signs bill expanding access to contraceptives
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New Yorkers next year won't have to go through their doctors to get prescription contraceptives under a bill that Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law Tuesday as part of her administration's efforts to expand reproductive rights in the state. Under the...
Indiana governor signs bill easing birth control access
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Women in Indiana will be able to obtain birth control without a doctor’s prescription under a bill signed into law Monday, which grants broader access to contraception months after the Republican-dominated legislature enacted a statewide abortion ban. ...
A look at key issues during Indiana's legislative session
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana General Assembly concluded the year’s regular session early Friday. Here are some key issues debated during the nearly four-month session: TAXING MATTERS Legislators approved speeding up individual income tax rate cuts that were...
Editorial Roundup: Kansas
Kansas City Star. April 13, 2023. Editorial: Missouri and Kansas AGs want to block abortion pill — for democracy, says Kris Kobach If in the near future the U.S. Supreme Court decides to ban the abortion pill, you’ll have Andrew Bailey and Kris Kobach to blame. ...
High court temporarily blocks restrictions on abortion pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it was temporarily keeping in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it takes time to more fully consider the issues raised in a court challenge. In an order signed by Justice Samuel Alito, the court put a five-day...
Indiana birth control bills move with abortion ban in flux
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana residents could have access to birth control without a doctor's prescription under a bill state lawmakers sent to the governor Tuesday, a move proponents say will prevent unwanted pregnancies in a state that passed an abortion ban last summer. The state...
What does 1870s Comstock Act have to do with abortion pills?
WASHINGTON (AP) — A 19th century “anti-vice” law is at the center of a new court ruling that threatens access to the leading abortion drug in the U.S. Dormant for a half-century, the Comstock Act has been revived by anti-abortion groups and conservative states seeking to block...
