Just pick up a pack of Pills when you’re grabbing a bottle of ibuprofen, easy peasy. But that’s not actually true. It’s not true about the Pill, and it’s not true about any forms of birth control for women. Female contraception—Pill, Patch, Ring, Shot, IUD—requires a prescription. For women, this means that access to any form of common birth control starts with a doctor’s appointment and a physical exam.
