Ob-gynecologists endorse over-the-counter birth control

NEW YORK, Nov 21: A leading group of women’s physicians is urging drug regulators to make birth control pills available over-the-counter. “We need to do something about the unintended pregnancy problem in the U.S. This is one way,” said Dr. Kavita Nanda, one of the authors of the statement by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and a scientist at the nonprofit research group FHI 360. (agencies)