All Thumbs Up for OTC Birth Control Pill at FDA Advisory Meeting
'Benefits are large, and the drug is incredibly effective,' says advisory committee chair
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'Benefits are large, and the drug is incredibly effective,' says advisory committee chair
Experts say the U.S. Supreme Court's June ruling appears to be accelerating a trend of increased birth control use among teens, including long-acting reversible forms like intrauterine devices and implants. Appointments have surged and Planned Parenthood has been flooded with questions as doctors report demand even among teens who aren't sexually active.
Following the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the nonprofit reproductive health organization Planned Parenthood has been flooded with questions about birth control. Doctors across the country have reported rising demand for birth control even among teenagers who are not sexually active.
Sixteen-year-old Adismarys Abreu had been discussing a long-lasting birth control implant with her mother for about a year as a potential solution to increasing menstrual pain.
Sixteen-year-old Adismarys Abreu had been discussing a long-lasting birth control implant with her mother for about a year as a potential solution to increasing menstrual pain. Then Roe v. Wade was overturned, and Abreu joined the throng of teens rushing to their doctors as states began to ban or severely limit abortion. “I’m definitely not…