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Searches for ‘morning after pill’ surge after Trump’s election, as social media users talk about its shelf life
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Searches for ‘morning after pill’ surge after Trump’s election, as social media users talk about its shelf life

People are searching for information about the morning after pill in the wake of Donald Trump choicethat many fear access to birth control and abortion it will deteriorate further during the second term.

Searches for “the morning after pill” have increased over the past 30 days, according to Google Trends, marking an upward trend in interest around emergency contraception. This upward trend may indicate fear and uncertainty about what a second Trump term could mean for reproductive rights.

In his first term, Trump installed Supreme Court justices who were eventually ousted Roe v. Wadeending the right to abortion and triggering numerous state bans that made abortion nearly inaccessible to MILLION of women. Although he denied that he would sign a federal abortion ban, expert say Trump could ban abortion in different ways and raised alarm about access to birth control under the new administration.

With these fears in mind, many on social media are talking about stockpiling emergency contraceptives and abortion pills before Trump takes office.

“Plan B lasts 3-4 years and Amazon sells them for $7,” a user X he wrote. That post received over 7,000 reposts and 28,000 likes. Another post about validity period the morning after pill has garnered over 544,000 likes on TikTok.

Conformable Winx Healthpeople seem to take these calls to action seriously. The brand says it has sold seven times more of its emergency contraceptive, Rebooton November 6 than in the past week combined. Of these purchases, 75% were value packs.

While preparing and taking control of your reproductive health is always important, remember that emergency contraception is legal in all states, abortion pills are available in many states and by mail, and abortion in all forms is still legal in many places. To learn more about emergency contraception, how it works, and where you can find it, ch Here.