“We believe the most important opportunities in women’s health are 1) making the most popular prescription contraceptives available over-the-counter (OTC), and 2) to expand the retail distribution of affordable OTC reproductive health products. The OTC approach removes the gatekeeper and allows us to get reproductive health products and information directly into the hands of everyone everywhere. The major medical and public health associations have strongly endorsed moving birth control pills over-the-counter, included the American College of OB/GYN, the American Medical Association, as a safe and effective way to make these essential products more accessible to decrease the high rate of unintended pregnancy (currently about 42% of all pregnancies in the U.S.).” - Samantha Miller, Co-Founder and CEO, Cadence OTC
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