The Supreme Court's decision to overturn the abortion-legalizing precedent has had swift and severe consequences.
There are immediate consequences. There has been a surge in demand for abortion and contraceptive pills.
The drugs seem to be in high demand as people prepare for the threat of reproductive autonomy. Adding stress for the manufacturers, providers, and pharmacy that make and distribute these important pharmaceuticals is what it means.
"After the Supreme Court's decision on Friday, June 24, Hey Jane's site traffic grew almost 10 times and patient demand more than doubled compared to the last month's average," said the CEO of Hey Jane. We are treating 25 times more patients than we were a year ago.
According to the CEO, the company had already been seeing an increase in traffic from states like Texas, which passed a controversial heartbeat bill in 2021. Similar traffic is making its way to Hey Jane and other pill providers, and it's doing so all at the same time.
Emergency contraception pills, which are not a means of abortion, have already added purchase limits to drugs like Plan B and Aftera.
After the Supreme Court decision, there was a sharp increase in the sale of emergency contraceptives. The company was still capping purchases in order to ensure equitable access and consistent supply on store shelves despite the fact that they still have enough emergency contraceptives to meet the high demand.
Hey Jane has enough supply to service the six states it currently operates in, which is good news.
It's expected that about half of US states will eventually do away with most or all abortion access, even if it takes longer to ban or severely restrict abortion. Efforts to store abortion pills and emergency contraceptives will continue as a result.
The provider of abortion pills says demand has gone up.
There is more on the criminalization of abortion in the US.
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