They informed the station about a significant increase in sales of emergency contraception in the United States CBS sellers and producers of such products. The wave of sales started on November 5-6, when Americans learned that their next president would be again Donald Trump.
Increase in sales of morning-after pills. They are purchased mainly by residents of states with abortion bans
Winx Health reported a 966% increase. increase in sales of the morning-after pill within the first 60 years hours after presidential elections. Another company – Wisp, which is at the same time shop and enables consultations with a sexual health specialist, confirmed by 1000%. increase in sales of emergency contraception.
The company's CEO, Monica Cepak, said that the greatest interest was shown by buyers from states where abortion is banned or drastically limited – including: from Texas, Alabama and Indiana. “We are not surprised that women are hoarding these drugs and taking health care into their own hands,” Cepak told CBS.
Americans also moved to other forms of contraception
Planned Parenthood, a nonprofit organization providing information and services in the area of ​​sexual health, reported that on November 6 (the day after the US elections), the number of visits for the insertion of an intrauterine device increased by 760%. By another 350 percent. the number of visits related to the implantation of contraceptive implants increased by as much as 1,200%. visits related to vasectomy.
– Americans have a right to feel fear and anxiety at the prospect of further restrictions on the freedom to control our bodies. So when they woke up on November 6, they ran to Planned Parenthood for help, said the organization's vice president, Danika Severino Wynn.