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Transcript: Analysis: Pharmacists giving birth control pills to women without a prescription
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- March 17, 2004
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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 ...