The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a birth control pill to be sold without a prescription for the first time in the United States, a milestone that could significantly expand access to contraception.

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  • DarraignTheSane@lemmy.world
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    This is great, but christofascist-run states are just going to either straight outlaw it, or enact some kind of requirements making it virtually impossible to obtain anyway. A med being over the counter doesn’t stop them from making it legally or at least practically unavailable.

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        Additionally, state law enforcement very much does not have the authority to interfere with USPS without a warrant, and getting enough evidence to convince a judge to sign off on one will be nearly impossible. This is a huge win.

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      You’re not wrong, but that’s not a reason to throw up hands and give up. It will be available more readily to many more people now than it was before, and those christofascists you rightly refer to will have to, once again, demonstrate their true colors. Make them say the quiet parts out loud.

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      OTC means you could buy more than you need to give to someone else. If it just happens to end up in a state that banned it, then oh well I guess. Not my problem.

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        They will make importing it into the state a crime carrying 20 years. And the Supreme Court will shrug and say “what commerce clause?”

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          Maybe. Access will still be easier, illegal or not. It’s like when states make fireworks illegal. People just go across the border to buy them and it’s pretty much unenforceable. The numbers might be lower than if it were otherwise legal, but it’s better than nothing.

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      They’ll require it to be truly “over the counter” as in behind the counter at the pharmacy and you have to ask for it. Like real Sudafed.

      And then you’ll get the shitty pharmacists/techs that won’t sell it on “personal beliefs” grounds like plan B.

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          True, but that introduces a whole other set of hurdles.

          For example teenagers with strict, religious, or abusive parents probably wouldn’t be able to get it delivered without their parents knowing. And those teenagers are one of the biggest groups that OTC birth control would benefit.

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            Yes, everysingle decision made will have a negative impact to someone. This overall is much better than it was yesterday. Those same teenagers were in the same situation with a possibility of it being better. Let’s move on from finding some possibility that effects a super minority and poo poo the good news

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              Nobody is poo pooing anything. We’re pointing out the reality that the shithole red states will do everything they can to make sure the women who need this cannot get it. Just like they do with plan B and other contraception.

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        And then you’ll get the shitty pharmacists/techs that won’t sell it on “personal beliefs” grounds like plan B.

        I can’t wait to see how that scenario plays out in court when there is a conflict between the pharmacist’s beliefs and the customer’s freedom of speech religious rights related to recent rulings. But I suppose given the precedent set by SCOTUS the pharmacist is allowed to disriminate based on their religious beliefs…yeah, it’ll be interesting. I hope to see the christofascist efforts backfire by everyone else using their own shit tactics against them.