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Pharmacies CVS and Rite Aid have begun limiting the number of emergency contraceptive purchases allowed per transaction, a measure meant to preserve supplies as demand surges following the Supreme Court decision regarding abortion.
CVS.com had placed a limit of three purchases of Plan B per online transaction on Monday, though the limit has returned to the normal 99 units available on Tuesday. Demand for the cheaper alternative to Plan B marketed as Aftera is also up, prompting CVS to place a three-unit-per-transaction limit on Tuesday. Still, a CVS spokesperson insisted that a shortage of morning-after pills in stores is not on the horizon.
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“We have ample supply of Plan B and Aftera across all of our CVS Pharmacy stores and CVS.com,” said CVS’s Executive Director of Corporate Communications Mike DeAngelis. “To ensure equitable access and consistent supply on store shelves, we’ve implemented a temporary purchase limit of three (3) on these products.”
Rite Aid has also limited the number of single-pill Plan B packs to three per online transaction, and Walgreens.com is out of stock online completely. Purchases on Amazon, meanwhile, are also limited to three per transaction.
Plan B, also known as the morning-after pill, is entirely different from abortion-inducing medications mifepristone and misoprostol. But the pills must be taken within three to five days of having unprotected sex. Otherwise, they are not guaranteed to stop a pregnancy.
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The Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in which the conservative majority overturned the legal precedent for abortion access, has sparked panic-buying of emergency contraceptives. While the majority opinion out Friday said that contraception could not be targeted as part of its decision to throw out Roe v. Wade, many women are now afraid that access to birth control could be implicated.
