Biden administration wants to make over-the-counter birth control free
By Jim Denison, PhD - Posted at The Denison Forum: Last year, the FDA approved the first nonprescription daily oral contraceptive. Now the Biden administration is proposing a rule that would make over-the-counter birth control and condoms free for the first time. In 1960, the FDA approved the first birth control pill, enabling women to have sex with less fear of an unwanted pregnancy. This was an early step in the so-called “sexual revolution.” Others followed: In 1962, Helen Gurley Brown’s book Sex and the Single Girl encouraged single women to be sexually active. Betty Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique (1963) argued that women should find identity and meaning in their lives apart from their husbands and children. The legalization of abortion in 1973 further enabled women to have sex without having to raise unwanted children. Abortion pills are now widely available as well and are used in more than 60 percent of all abortions. The first sexual revolution separated sex from mar
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