Free the Pill in the News

Here we feature media coverage of the movement to free the pill from op-eds to articles to podcasts and more.

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Christabelle Toso 6/27/24 Christabelle Toso 6/27/24

Talking to teens about over-the-counter birth control

Christabelle Toso 6/21/24 Christabelle Toso 6/21/24

Misinformation around birth control online is a form of contraception coercion

Leah Scott 7/13/23 Leah Scott 7/13/23

Over-the-counter birth control pills have been approved. Let’s make them inexpensive and easily available

Scientific American

Christabelle Toso 5/10/23 Christabelle Toso 5/10/23

Health experts urge FDA to approve over-the-counter birth control in unanimous vote

Leah Scott 12/18/22 Leah Scott 12/18/22

It's time for birth control pills to move over the counter

MedPage Today

Leah Scott 12/8/22 Leah Scott 12/8/22

Q&A: Survey supports OTC progestin-only pill availability to increase contraceptive access

Leah Scott 12/1/22 Leah Scott 12/1/22

More data emerge on progestin-only birth control, as FDA mulls OTC switch

InsideHealthPolicy

Leah Scott 11/3/22 Leah Scott 11/3/22

Opinion: We need government to act now to expand birth control pill access

The Baltimore Banner

Leah Scott 10/27/22 Leah Scott 10/27/22

Removing the ‘prescription’ barrier

Arnold Ventures

Leah Scott 9/20/22 Leah Scott 9/20/22

Advocates are leading the movement to free the pill

Future of Personal Health

Leah Scott 8/29/22 Leah Scott 8/29/22

Clinicians react to over-the-counter birth control possibility

Medscape

Leah Scott 8/24/22 Leah Scott 8/24/22

How over-the-counter birth control would differ from pills available now

Wall Street Journal

Leah Scott 7/17/22 Leah Scott 7/17/22

Make birth control more accessible

The Washington Post

Leah Scott 7/14/22 Leah Scott 7/14/22

Over-the-counter birth control pills are available worldwide. The U.S. may be next

NPR

Leah Scott 7/11/22 Leah Scott 7/11/22

First company applies to make birth control pills available without a prescription in the U.S.

TIME

Leah Scott 7/11/22 Leah Scott 7/11/22

Over-the-counter birth control? Drugmaker seeks FDA approval

Associated Press

Leah Scott 3/23/22 Leah Scott 3/23/22

Free the Pill with Victoria Nichols

Sex Ed with DB