USA – Dems urge free OTC birth control while GOP fights to ban mail-order abortion pill

US Democratic senators have signed a letter to the Biden administration to issue guidances that ensure Perrigo’s over-the-counter birth control pill Opill (norgestrel) is available to the public for free.

The drug was the first OTC birth control approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this summer and its approval comes amidst a political battle over access to abortion.

Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) wrote a letter undersigned by all 48 Senate Democrats asking Health and Human Services department Secretary Xavier Becerra, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su to take steps to make access to birth control cheaper and easier…