First over-the-counter birth control pill shipped in US

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The pill will be available in stores and online for $19.99 to help reduce barriers to contraception.

The Food and Drug Administration last year approved the birth control pill Opill to be available without a prescription for women of all ages.Opill's manufacturer said on Monday that the pill would be available in stores and online in the coming weeks for $19.99 .

But committee members concluded women with breast cancer were already likely to be in contact with their doctors and aware that they should not take hormonal contraception. Women also sometimes face stigma and shame from health care providers and parents when trying to obtain the pill, experts added. But her parents, who had her when they were teenagers, denied her the required permission because they worried the contraceptive would make her engage in more sexually risky behaviour.

Doctors and activists have argued making birth control available without a prescription will have a host of health benefits for women and teenagers like Ms Huitron, including reducing unintended pregnancies.For the most part, the debate on whether to make contraception more readily available has not sparked the same controversy as the conversation around abortion access.

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