
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 i …