[Spivak]

The UK allowed the pill OTC in 2021 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57384096 which only requires a consultation with the pharmacist.

France still requires a prescription but it's theater since the doctor can't deny you. There's just been little appetite for to reclassify birth control because going to the doctor isn't that much of a burden and most countries have laws against disclosing contraceptive use to parents. But now there's momentum.