FDA Approval of Opill Reveals Our Birth Control Blind-Spot

    In an unsurprising move, the FDA announced Thursday that it has officially approved the Opill, a progestin-only birth control pill, for over-the-counter use (OTC) for all women of reproductive age. It will be the first hormonal birth control pill ever to be sold...
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Does Effective and Ethical Stem Cell Therapy Exist?

  For folks of a certain age, the championing of stem cell therapy research is inextricably tied to cultural icons like Marty McFly or Superman—or, as they are known in real life, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Reeve. Both of these men are famous for more than just the...
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Birth Control’s Failed Promises

One milestone missed amid the chaos of those first pandemic months of 2020 was the sixtieth anniversary of the FDA’s approval of the world’s first contraceptive pill, Enovid. Lauded from the beginning as a “liberator” of women that would free them from unwanted pregnancies, “the...
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