Free the Pill is a campaign to educate and engage in support of over-the-counter (OTC) birth control pills in the United States. We want OTC birth control pills that are affordable, fully covered by insurance, and available to people of all ages.
There are barriers to birth control—and health care in general—are deeply rooted in systemic racism and other forms of discrimination and oppression.
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“Blaming Black mothers, then, is a way of subjugating the Black race as a whole. At the same time, devaluing motherhood is particularly damaging to Black women … regulating Black women’s reproductive decisions has been a central aspect of racial oppression in America.”
– Dorothy Roberts, Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
