Washington: Donald Trump has been elected as the 47th President of America. From Trump’s election campaign to his election victory, many women are opposing Trump. Women are continuously speaking against Trump. A strong protest has come to light in this regard. Women are now getting plenty of contraceptive pills.
Hours after Trump was elected president for a second term, Dr. Clayton Alphonso received messages from two patients who wanted to have their IUDs replaced. Over the next few days, three women inquired about having their tubes tied. All of them said that they are now choosing this option because of the elections.
Doctors told The Associated Press that requests for long-term contraception and permanent sterilization have increased across the country since the election. And companies that sell emergency contraception and abortion pills say they are seeing a significant increase in requests from people looking to stock up on the drugs – one reported a 966% increase in sales of emergency contraception in the 60 hours after the election compared to the previous week. Saw an increase of.
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“I saw this surge after Trump’s election in 2016 and after Roe vs. Wade was overturned in 2022,” said Alfonso, an OB-GYN at Duke University in North Carolina. But this time the patients seem more scared.” Although anti-abortion advocates are pressuring Trump to impose further restrictions on abortion pills, it is unclear what – if much – will be done regarding access to contraceptives during a second Trump administration.
Trump told a Pittsburgh television station in May that he was open to supporting regulations on contraception. But following media reports on the interview, he wrote on his social media platform Truth Social that he “has never and never will advocate banning birth control and other contraceptives”.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 14, 2024, 09:54 IST