PIP: A Canadian government health committee recommended that pharmacists should be allowed to prescribe oral contraceptives because of their pharmaceutical and medical knowledge about drugs; their active roles in counseling patients about prescribed medication and because of their visibility and accessibility to the public. Several surveys on the attitudes of pharmacists about family planning were conducted in Washington, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Utah, Maryland, and Mississippi. The results suggested that pharmacists recognized family planning as part of their practice, although some were constrained by religious, moral, and legal factors. The studies also revealed, however, that the public do not regard pharmacists as sources of family planning services, and the pharmacists themselves do not feel that they have adequate training for such a role. The Mississippi study did confirm that the pharmacists are involved to a certain degree in providing family planning services to the public. The need for inexpensive and effective family planning counseling in the United States had been well documented. By all standards, with the exception of formal training, the community pharmacist is the best choice for meeting this need. Professional pharmaceutical institutions, social and government agencies should utilize pharmacists for family planning services.