FDA approves the first over-the-counter birth control pill, Opill
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill. The daily oral contraceptive is called Opill. And NPR pharmaceuticals correspondent Sydney Lupkin is here to tell us all about it.
How abortion providers in Montana remain open despite political attacks
Abortion remains legal in Montana, but every surrounding state - Idaho, Wyoming, North and South Dakota - has moved to ban or severely restrict it since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Montana's constitution guarantees medical privacy, but the handful of abortion clinics operating there do so under political attack. And in the past, there have been acts of violence. Montana Public Radio's Aaron Bolton reports on efforts to protect providers as anti-abortion rhetoric heats up.