Morning-after pill sales surge online, telehealth companies say, as women prepare for second Trump term

Online sales of emergency contraceptives, like the morning-after pill Plan B, have skyrocketed in the United States in the last week – just days after Donald Trump won the US presidential election, according to retailers.

Online sales of emergency contraceptives, like the morning-after pill Plan B, have skyrocketed in the United States in the past week – days after Donald Trump won the US presidential election, according to retailers. 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 Monica Cepak, CEO of the sexual and reproductive telehealth company Wisp.

Some physicians have reported an increase in patients asking not only about their options for these types of emergency contraception but about long-acting contraception like intrauterine devices, or IUDs. Some of these patients are specifically asking to receive either medications or procedures before Trump is sworn into office in January.

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