We recently discussed a pop star named Olivia Rodrigo who was handing out birth control and Plan B abortion pills at one of her concerts. None of the recipients received any sort of medical examination or were given a prescription for the medication. New York Governor Kathy Hochul must have thought that Rodrigo was really onto something because yesterday she announced that her state would be doing the same thing for everyone. As of now, women and girls can walk into any pharmacy in the state and purchase hormonal birth control without having a prescription. Of course, the reasons she offered for making this decision were entirely political, not medical in nature. She cited “reproductive freedom” being “under attack” across the country as her primary motivation. (CBS News)
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that women can now buy birth control at New York pharmacies without a…
