Trump's win triggers a surge in emergency contraception sales
After Donald Trump's victory, sales of emergency contraceptives spiked sharply, according to CBS. The online pharmacy Wisp reported a tenfold increase in sales of the "morning-after" pill. "Americans may be rightfully feeling fearful and worried about the prospect of further restrictions on our freedom to control our bodies," said Danika Severino Wynn, an activist from Planned Parenthood, a non-profit organization.
Another online pharmacy, Winx Health, stated that in the first 60 hours after the election, sales of the Restart pill increased by more than 990 percent compared to the previous week. Wisp noted a tenfold increase in emergency contraception sales on November 5-6, the day of the election and the day after, particularly in Texas, Alabama, and Indiana.
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," said the company's CEO, Monica Cepak, to the portal.
Planned Parenthood, a non-profit organization providing sexual and reproductive health services, reported that on November 6, the number of IUD placement visits increased by 760 percent, and visits for contraceptive implant insertions rose by 350 percent. The most significant increase was among those seeking vasectomies, with their numbers increasing twelvefold.
Americans have reasons to be afraid
"Americans may be rightfully feeling fearful and worried about the prospect of further restrictions on our freedom to control our bodies. Waking up on November 6, they rushed to Planned Parenthood for help," Danika Severino Wynn.
As Cepak emphasized, similar behavior was observed after the Supreme Court decided to overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling—establishing a federal right of women in the USA to abortion—and also in 2016 after Trump won his first presidential election.
