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Therefore, the French pharmaceutical company HRA has filed an application with the US Food and Drug Administration to make birth control pills available without a prescription in the United States. If the Food and Drug Administration approves it, Americans will be able to get birth control pills without a prescription.
Opill is the only birth control pill approved for use in the United States since 1973. But this pill is only available with a prescription. Many medical groups have approved these pills as over-the-counter medications.
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce a decision on whether to make Opil pills available as an over-the-counter drug within 10 months.