Women stock up on abortion pills and Plan B, fearing new restrictions under Trump
As millions of Americans were waking up last Wednesday morning to learn that Donald Trump won the presidency, it dawned on Dr. Angel Foster that she was about to be very busy.
Foster is co-founder of the Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project, or the MAP, a telehealth provider that sends abortion medication through the mail to patients across the U.S., including states where it's illegal.
On a typical day, Foster says between 130 and 140 people fill out the organization's intake form — but the day following the presidential election there were more than 1,000.
"It has been a very, very challenging couple of days for our team," says Foster, adding that many of these patients are not pregnant, but are instead buying the medication for future use.
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