Morning-after pill sales surge online, companies cite Trump’s reelection

[Lauren]

PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP WINNING A SECOND TERM IN THE WHITE HOUSE IS PUTTING A SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN’S HEALTH. 

AND SINCE THE ELECTION … COMPANIES ARE SEEING A MAJOR SURGE IN ONLINE SALES OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES LIKE PLAN-B.

WOMEN’S HEALTH COMPANY WINX SAYS SALES OF ITS MORNING-AFTER PILL WERE UP 315 PERCENT ON THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION — COMPARED TO THE 24 HOURS BEFORE.

AS OF FRIDAY, SALES OF THE PRODUCT HAD CLIMBED NEARLY ONE THOUSAND PERCENT.

REPRODUCTIVE TELEHEALTH COMPANY WISP SAYS SALES OF ITS EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE MEDICATIONS WENT UP NEARLY ONE-THOUSAND PERCENT as well, and just ONE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION.

THE C-E-O OF WISP TELLING C-N-N … 

“THE SURGE IN SALES SUGGESTS THAT WOMEN ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW A FORTHCOMING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION COULD RESTRICT THEIR ACCESS TO EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION, AND THEY ARE PREPARING NOW.” 

A STATE BY STATE STUDY BY CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ESTIMATES THAT 48 MILLION WOMEN WOULD BE IMPACTED IF TRUMP WERE TO ELIMINATE NO-COST COVERAGE OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES. 

A PROPOSAL THAT WAS PART OF THE CONTROVERSIAL PROJECT 2025 — A PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION PLAN PUT OUT BY THE CONSERVATIVE HERITAGE FOUNDATION THINK TANK. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN REPEATEDLY SAID IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DOCUMENT. 

THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN, TRUMP SAID HE DOES NOT SUPPORT A BAN ON BIRTH CONTROL. 

ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS … EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES LIKE THE MORNING AFTER PILL PREVENT PREGNANCY FROM HAPPENING, WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM ABORTION PILLS THAT END A PREGNANCY. 

FOR SAN – I’M LAUREN TAYLOR.

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