Over-the-Counter Birth Control? A summary of ACOG’s UPCOMING Committee Opinion.

While offering OTC birth control may be controversial here in the U.S., it is a non-issue in many other countries. China, India, Greece, Turkey, Mexico, Brail, Portugal, South Africa, Korea and Russia are a few of the countries where women can get birth control pills without a prescription. Is that safe? What about the risk of VTE? Should there be an age restriction? In this episode, we will highlight the October 2019 ACOG committee opinion (788) on over-the-counter access to hormonal contraception.