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Post Roe V. Wade, A Senator Wants to Make Birth Control Access Easier — and Affordable

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Post Roe V. Wade, A Senator Wants to Make Birth Control Access Easier — and Affordable

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FDA approves first nonprescription birth control pill

The manufacturer of Opill says the medication could be available in stores and online early next year.

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The Food and Drug Administration approved Opill as the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the U.S. on Thursday. This comes after an advisory committee unanimously voted in May to make the medication available without a prescription.

Reset learns more about the progestin-only pill and what its approval means for contraceptive access in Illinois and beyond.

GUEST: Kai Tao, co-founder and principal of impact and innovation at Illinois Contraceptive Access Now

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