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Over-the-counter birth control: FDA to weigh approval of pill without prescription for 1st time

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FILE IMAGE - Birth control pills rest on a counter in Centreville, Maryland, on July 6, 2022. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - For the first time, a pharmaceutical company has asked for permission to sell a birth control pill over the counter in the U.S.HRA Pharma’s application on Monday sets up a high-stakes decision for health regulators amid legal and political battles over women’s reproductive health.

The company says the timing was unrelated to the Supreme Court’s recent decision overturning Roe v. Wade.Hormone-based pills have long been the most common form of birth control in the U.S., used by millions of women since the 1960s.

They have always required a prescription, generally so health professionals can screen for conditions that raise the risk of rare, but dangerous, blood clots.The French drugmaker’s application compiles years of research intended to convince the Food and Drug Administration that women can safely screen themselves for those risks and use the pill effectively."For a product that has been available for the last 50 years, that has been used safely by millions of women, we thought it was time to make it more available," said Frederique Welgryn, HRA’s chief strategy officer.RELATED: Doctors urge FDA to approve over-the-counter access to birth controlAn FDA approval could come next year and would only apply to HRA’s pill, which would be sold under its original brand name, Opill.

The company acquired the decades-old drug from Pfizer in 2014, but it's not currently marketed in the U.S.Reproductive rights advocates want to see other prescription contraceptives move over the counter and, eventually, for abortion pills to do the same.That potential for a precedent-setting decision.

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