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Contraception
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Health Care and Life Sciences
FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Daily Oral Contraceptive
By Dominick DiSabatino, Arushi Pandya
On July 13, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved the first daily contraceptive for use without a prescription.[i] Opill® (norgestrel) tablet, .075 mg has been approved to prevent…
Family Law Prof Blog
FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Birth Control
By Family Law
From CNN:The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the birth control pill Opill to be available over-the-counter — the first nonprescription birth control pill in the United States.“Today’s approval marks…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Biden Issues Executive Order on Contraception Access on Anniversary of Dobbs Decision
By Jamie Abrams
President Joe Biden announced that he was issuing an "Executive Order on Strengthening Access to Contraception" on the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision. The Executive Order acknowledges that "[m]illions…
Health Care Law Today
Reproductive Health: Over the Counter Birth Control Pill Supported by FDA Advisory Committees
By Clara Greaney, Claire Marblestone, Kyle Y. Faget
At the May 9-10, 2023, Joint Meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Obstetrics, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisers voted…
SW Benefits Blog
Proposed Rules Expand Access to Contraceptive Care as a Preventive Service
By Alapointe
On January 30, 2023, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor (collectively “the Departments”) issued proposed rules entitled “Coverage of Certain Preventive Services under the Affordable Care…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Implications of Dobbs for the Right of Contraception
By Tracy Thomas
Martha Minow, The Unraveling: What Dobbs May Mean for Contraception, Liberty, and Constitutionalism" Lee Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone, eds., Roe v. Dobbs: The Past, Present and Future of a…
Religion Clause
HHS Proposes Repeal of Exemption from Contraceptive Mandate for Entities with Nonreligious Moral Objections
Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services along with several other federal agencies filed a 147-page release (full text) proposing rule changes to the Trump Administration's exemptive rules under…
Religion Clause
FDA Approves Label Change for Plan B Emergency Contraceptive: Not an Abortifacient
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that it has approved a labeling change for the emergency contraceptive Plan B One-Step, sometimes known as the morning-after pill. The…
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
What Employers Should Know About California’s Contraceptive Equity Act of 2022
By Guest Author
This year, the California Legislature passed and the Governor approved the Contraceptive Equity Act of 2022 (Senate Bill 523 or SB 523), a piece of legislation intended to increase the…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Federal Agencies Caution Health Plan Sponsors to Comply with ACA Contraceptive Coverage Requirement or Face Enforcement Action
By Anne Hall
The Secretaries of the U.S. Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury have issued a joint letter reminding health plan sponsors and insurers of their obligations to…