After Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections, the demand for birth control pills, i.e. contraceptive drugs, increased among women. In addition, the demand for emergency contraceptive drugs is also increasing rapidly.
According to the American newspaper USA Today, Wisp, the company that manufactures these drugs, said that between November 5 and 7, sales of emergency contraceptive drugs increased by 1,000%. During this period, the number of people purchasing these drugs increased by 1,650%. Apart from this, sales of abortion drugs have also increased by 600%.
In fact, after Trump won the election, women fear that their right to abortion will become stricter.
Trump supported ending abortion rights
In 2022, the United States Supreme Court abolished the right to abortion. At the time, Trump supported the move. Women now fear that the arrival of the Trump administration will affect their right to abortion.
A post-election survey found that more than 50% of women feared they would not have access to safe abortion and related health services. According to the report, women are considering traveling to states with easier abortion laws. With this, they can easily avail abortion-related services.
Meanwhile, many companies provide birth control pills to women at home via telemedicine and online services.
Before the US elections, women also demonstrated in the capital Washington DC to defend the right to abortion.
Abortion has been banned several times in American history
Abortion was legal in America until 1880. Abortion drugs were banned in the United States in 1873. By 1900, abortion was banned in almost every state.
When abortion could only be performed when the mother’s life was in danger because of the pregnancy. In the 1960s, women launched a movement for their rights. In 1969, Norma McCorvey challenged abortion laws. The case went to the Supreme Court, and in 1973 the Supreme Court legalized abortion in the United States.
But on June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned this decision. After this, the constitutional protection given to women in cases of abortion also ended. At the time, Trump supported the move.
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Women demonstrated in a unique way against Trump’s victory: a movement similar to that in Korea was launched for abortion rights and declared that they would not marry men.
After Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, women launched a movement for abortion rights. According to a CNN report, some women began protesting on social media modeled on the Korean 4B movement. Protesting women say they will not have relationships with or marry men until they gain abortion rights. here…