On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States. Federal regulators approved Opill, made by the consumer health giant Perrigo, as a nonprescription oral pill used to prevent pregnancy. The decision comes at a moment when challenges to reproductive rights have created a climate of uncertainty and raised concerns about the availability of essential health care.

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