Transcript: Analysis: Pharmacists giving birth control pills to women without a prescription

RENEE MONTAGNE
Morning Edition (NPR)
03-17-2004
Analysis: Pharmacists giving birth control pills to women without a prescription

Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM

RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

For the first time in the United States, some women can now go to a drugstore and get birth control pills and other contraceptives without a prescription. It's part of a federally funded research project in Seattle. Women can fill out a questionnaire, have their blood pressure checked and get birth control from the pharmacist. From Seattle, NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports.

WENDY KAUFMAN reporting:

The discreet sepia-toned pamphlet asking `Are You Looking for a Better Method of Birth Control?' sits on ...

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