Can you get birth control pills without a prescription?

In the US, Birth Control pills are by prescription only. However, Planned Parenthood will provide perscriptions, and even issue the pills, in most states, usually on a sliding scale based on your income.

Plan B®

(levonorgestrel) Tablets, 0.75 mg

Available without a prescription for consumers 18 and older. Rx only for women age 17 and younger.

This can be bought at Wal-Mart and many other pharmacy outlet stores across the U.S.

For women age 17 and younger, Plan B® (levonorgestrel) is a prescription-only emergency contraceptive. Plan B® is intended to prevent pregnancy after known or suspected contraceptive failure or unprotected intercourse. Emergency contraceptive pills (like all oral contraceptives) do not protect against infection with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Levonorgestrel is a progesterone birth control pill. It works by preventing ovulation, thickening the mucus in the cervix, and changing the lining of the uterus.

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