Drug regulators are currently considering whether to make birth control pills available over the counter in the U.S.. If approved, this increase in accessibility would be a significant new chapter in the medication’s history, which can be traced back to Massachusetts, where it was first developed.

WBUR Senior Health and Science Reporter Gabrielle Emmanuel joins The Common to discuss the origins of oral birth control in Massachusetts and how that history informs the current movement to expand birth control access.

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