Last week, for the first time in U.S. history, federal regulators approved the sale of a birth control pill without a prescription.
Pam Belluck, a health and science correspondent for The Times, explains why, after decades of brutal battles over contraception, this decision played out so differently.
Guest: Pam Belluck, a health and science correspondent fo ... Show More
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