The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the right to abortion is stoking fears among some Americans that curbing access to contraceptives could be next.
have increased in recent weeks, and many people on social media have questioned whether they should start stockpiling emergency contraception or Plan B in case they stop being available.
Anne Cavett, a nurse practitioner and clinical services coordinator at Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, thinks those fears are founded: “I don’t think it’s alarmist to worry it may get worse,” she said. Cavett added that in recent weeks, more people have been asking for long-acting contraceptives at her clinic and that many patients have expressed anxiety about how much longer they’ll be available. Some patients, she said, have come in to replace their IUD before the expiration date; they’re scared it will be their last chance.
“We do not take a position on contraception — which prevents pregnancy — but do on abortifacients that have as a deliberate part of their design the capacity and goal of ending a preborn baby’s life,” said Kristi Hamrick, a spokesperson for the antiabortion organization Students for Life of America.
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