More than six decades after Norgestrel was patented, the progestin-only birth control pill has debuted on drug store shelves and online as Opill. It’s the first oral contraceptive in the country granted nationwide over-the-counter status by the Food and Drug Administration.
Already, retailers such as Amazon, Target, CVS, and Walmart have listed a three-month supply of Opill for roughly $16 per month. Its price points and availability prove that deregulating birth control, rather than the Affordable Care Act’s legally dubious contraception mandate, is a pro-life, pro-capitalist, and pro-religious liberty solution to the persistent demand for abortion.
While the ACA did coincide with a marked reduction in the nation’s abortion rate, it wasn’t because of the contraception mandate’s demand that private insurers pay for oral contraception, which was not increasingly used after the mandate. Instead, the mandate led to a 23%
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