An over-the-counter pill would eliminate a lot of barriers, she said. For young people, accessing birth control can be “really challenging,” she said. The New York Times interviewed 18 women and girls about the F.D.A. “My mom does not approve of birth control” because of her more conservative Sri Lankan heritage, said Tharushi Samarasinghe, a 19-year-old student at Hunter College. “I took birth control once for hormonal issues as I was going through puberty.

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Persons: greenlight, Elise Berlan, ”, KFF, Tharushi Samarasinghe, “, ’ ” Elizabeth, I’m Organizations: Nationwide Children’s Hospital, New York Times, Hunter College Locations: United States, Columbus , Ohio, Sri Lankan