birth control pill

FDA panel backs over-the-counter sales of birth control pill

The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health advisers are recommending that a decades-old birth control pill be sold without a prescription. The unanimous vote on Wednesday by a Food and Drug Administration panel paves the way for what could…

FDA weighing 1st over-the-counter birth control pill

The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health regulators are weighing the first-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription. On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration posted its initial review of a decades-old pill that…