FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill: What to know - Vox

OTC birth control has, however, been a rare area of bipartisan agreement in recent years, receiving support from both progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and conservative Sen. Ted Cruz. Some GOP state legislatures have sought to make it easier for people to get birth control without a prescription. 

So the chief obstacle to Opill's success is not likely to be political, though some anti-abortion groups are opposed to this approval...

https://www.vox.com/policy/2023/7/13/23793625/birth-control-over-the-counter-fda-opill-cost

Five takeaways from the DEA’s pain pill database - The Washington Post

For the first time ever, a database maintained by the Drug Enforcement Administration that tracks the path of every single pain pill sold in the United States — from manufacturers and distributors to pharmacies in every town and city — is being made public. The data was released as part of the largest civil action in U.S. history and provides an unprecedented look at the surge of legal pain pills that fueled the prescription opioid epidemic, which resulted in nearly 100,000 deaths from 2006 through 2012.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/six-takeaways-from-the-deas-pain-pill-database/2019/07/16/1d82643c-a7e6-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html

Online abortion pill provider ordered to cease delivery by FDA - CNN

Aid Access, a European organization that provides doctor-prescribed abortion pills by mail, is under scrutiny by the US Food and Drug Administration...
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/15/health/fda-aid-access-abortion-pill-warning/index.html

Planned Parenthood Responds to Jodie Foster's Inaccurate 'Black Mirror' Abortion Episode -- Newsweek

An abortion storyline went horribly awry in Season 4. ....
http://www.newsweek.com/black-mirror-season-4-arkangel-abortion-morning-after-pill-771307

We Must Stop Criminalizing Self-Induced Abortions, American Gynecologists Say -- VICE

As restrictions to abortion access continue to mount, self-induced abortion attempts may become more common in the years ahead. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released a position statement on the issue. ...
https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/mbp3nx/we-must-stop-criminalizing-self-induced-abortions-american-gynecologists-say

ACLU Takes Federal Government to Court Over Abortion Pill Restrictions - Mother Jones

On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union sued the Food and Drug Administration over the agency's restrictions on medication abortion. The lawsuit, filed in a U.S. District Court on behalf of a Hawaii doctor and several health care associations, specifically targets a restriction on mifepristone, a common drug used in medication abortion. ....
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/aclu-takes-federal-government-to-court-over-abortion-pill-restrictions/