Healthcare providers report unprecedented demand for reproductive and gender-affirming medications: ‘We’ve never seen this before’

Summary

Following Trump’s election victory, healthcare providers reported a surge in requests for reproductive and gender-affirming medications, including abortion pills and emergency contraception.

Aid Access, the leading U.S. supplier of abortion pills by mail, received over 5,000 requests within 12 hours, a fivefold increase from a typical day.

Telehealth providers like Wisp and Hey Jane reported spikes in requests for emergency contraception, while QueerDoc saw an influx of trans patients seeking guidance on hormone access.

Providers are advising patients to stock up on medication, emphasizing resilience amid uncertainty about potential rollbacks on abortion and trans rights under a second Trump administration.

  • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
    226·
    14 days ago

    I know I will be downvoted to hell for saying this but it is so odd to be that instead of using contraception, or god forbid, having less sex, people are flocking to buy these pills. I know they are used for hormone regulation as well though so I’m probably making an unfair assumption.

      • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
        17·
        13 days ago

        I didn’t forget about rape. There are a lot of uses for this medication. I’m not against the use of it. Even if that were true that’s a bit weird that people are panic buying these pills in case they get raped. I don’t think people plan on being raped so they keep a stash of these in the drawer.

        I don’t wish rape on ANYONE and I hope that we can find a way to ensure access to this medication when people need it.

        • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
          9·
          13 days ago

          I don’t plan on my home burning down, but if they were going to outlaw fire extinguishers next month, I would stock up.

    • blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works
      9·
      13 days ago

      Maybe you should adjust your perception to account for the fact that these people are not your property, and they didn’t solicit your ignorant opinion.

    • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
      7·
      13 days ago

      Contraceptives aren’t 100% effective, not all sexual partners are willing to use them regularly, rapes can and do happen, and most importantly - bodily autonomy is something that should be respected.

      Ultimately, what happens between consenting adults should be solely up to them - and not some puritanical directive from a Big Brother-style Government.