AMA, Lawmakers Plan Push For OTC Birth Control Access, Coverage

The American Medical Association and Democratic lawmakers are ramping up calls for hormonal birth control, including oral contraceptives, to be made available over the counter and covered by insurance — a move that policy watchers say would help maintain access to reproductive care should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade this month and leave abortion policy up to the states. FDA could take steps on its own to make contraception pills available over the counter but has dragged...