Women on Why They're Stocking Up on the Morning-After Pill

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In the days since Supreme Court's decision to overrule Roe, many women have logged onto retail and health care websites to buy emergency contraceptive pills to assert control over their own reproductive futures. By me and @katierosman. Read more here.
Since the announcement of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, some people are buying morning-after pills, such as Plan B.
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Women on Why They’re Stocking Up on the Morning-After Pill
Sales of the emergency contraceptive surged after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
6:53 AM · Jun 27, 2022

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After the announcement of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the morning-after contraception pill has emerged as a sought-after purchase for many people worried about access to reproductive health care. Some women have bought morning-after pills in case they or their sexually active children need to prevent a pregnancy after having sex. Others are creating a small stockpile in anticipation of possible restrictions on contraception as Justice Clarence Thomas suggested in a concurring opinion published last week. Some women said that purchasing the pills gave them a quick burst of control or power, during an otherwise disorienting moment for proponents of abortion rights.

Chrissy Bowen, 51, was sitting on the couch on Friday morning in her Flower Mound, Tex., living room when her husband noticed a breaking news message on the screen of their muted TV: The Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade, which would soon trigger a ban on the few abortion rights people in Texas still held.

After ducking into the shower, where she burst into tears, Ms. Bowen pasted into her group text chats with friends a link to My Choice Emergency Contraceptive, a tablet that can be taken up to three days after sex.

The so-called morning-after pill is an emergency contraceptive that works by preventing ovulation. It is different from abortion pills, known as misoprostol and mifepristone, which taken together are used to terminate an established pregnancy, according to Megan N. Freeland, the director of health communications for Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

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[Karma13612]

1. A word to the wise!

Please make sure to check the expiration date on the drugs!! Just because you stock up doesn’t mean they will last forever! Once the drug hits it’s expiration date, you are at risk of it becoming ineffective.

And the unintended consequences are going to be catastrophic!

[roamer65]

2. Plan B helicopter drops in the Handmaid states.

Use military helicopters.

[4catsmom]

3. where are all the men having voluntary vasectomies?

Where is the criminalization of men who have irresponsible sex? It's all the women and the providers. Men don't get so much as a dirty look.

Thank God I'm past child bearing age but if I weren't, I wouldn't consider long term dating or marrying someone who wouldn't voluntarily get a vasectomy (in a red state like TX or FL)

Vasectomies can be reversed. And as of today are still legal.

Just feel like it's time for men to be held to a level of responsibility at least comparable to the level of women.