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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,244 posts)
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 09:14 PM Nov 13

Women Stockpiling Reproductive Medicine in Anticipation of Coming Bans

Women all over the U.S. have begun stockpiling the abortion pills Mifepristone and Misoprostol, and Plan B morning after pills in anticipation of the looming Trump presidency and the likely crack down on contraception. The day after the election "is the morning after pill legal?" searches on google had increased by 700%.

Wisp, a telehealth service that provides sexual and reproductive health care, has seen a massive increase in sales following the election results. Emergency contraception sales increased by approximately 1,000% and new patient emergency contraception sales were up 1,650%; birth control were up 50%, and medication abortion orders went up by 600%.

One of the biggest providers of abortion pills, Aid Access, said it received 10,000 requests for the drugs in 24 hours following the election call Wednesday; 17 times higher than the 600 requests the organization normally receives in a day.

Aid Access Founder Rebecca Gomperts said, "We have an extremely streamlined process and we are capable of dealing with all the requests really fast. But it’s much more [than usual]. And I think the reason is people are now much more aware, people are aware of the possibility of the abortion pill and aware of the threat it will be taken off the market."

https://meidasnews.com/news/women-stockpiling-reproductive-medicine-in-anticipation-of-coming-bans

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Women Stockpiling Reproductive Medicine in Anticipation of Coming Bans (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 13 OP
Sort of like the way people stockpiled alcohol right before PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 13 #1
These women hogging it Dem4life1234 Nov 13 #2

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,727 posts)
1. Sort of like the way people stockpiled alcohol right before
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 09:52 PM
Nov 13

Prohibition. They had no clue it would last some 13 years.

Even if women correctly guess how long abortion bans will last, I doubt medicine bought today will be good anywhere near that long.

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