Reproductive Health Product Sales Surge Post-Trump Election Win
Concerns over potential restrictions on abortion and reproductive rights drive a significant increase in demand for birth control and abortion pills.
- Online pharmacy Wisp reported a 1,000% increase in emergency contraception sales following Trump's election victory, highlighting widespread anxiety over reproductive rights.
- Aid Access, a mail-order abortion pill provider, received 5,000 requests in just 12 hours, marking a record high in demand.
- Anti-abortion advocates are pressing for further restrictions under Trump's second term, targeting Biden-era policies that eased access to abortion pills and emergency abortions.
- Despite Trump's mixed messages on a national abortion ban, fears of legislative actions have prompted women to stockpile reproductive health products.
- Ballot measures expanding abortion rights were approved in several states, even as those states also supported Trump, reflecting a complex voter landscape.