CVS and Rite Help restricting buys of unexpected emergency contraception

By Virginia Langmaid and Naomi Thomas | VFAB

Some large drug retail store chains are limiting buys of crisis contraception to three capsules per buyer, firm reps verified to VFAB.

“Due to greater demand, at this time we are limiting purchases of Approach B contraceptive tablets to three for each buyer,” Alicja Wojczyk, senior manager of external communications for Rite Help explained to VFAB in an e mail.

Although CVS has “ample supply” of Strategy B and Aftera — two styles of unexpected emergency contraception — the business is limiting purchases to 3 for every consumer “to make certain equitable accessibility and regular supply on retail store shelves,” Matt Blanchette, senior supervisor of retail communications at CVS Pharmacy explained to VFAB in an email.

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Unexpected emergency contraception lowers the probability of pregnancy immediately after unprotected sex, in accordance to the American University of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Prevalent situations when it is applied involve following forgetting to choose numerous birth regulate products or when a condom breaks or falls off.

The buying restrictions for emergency contraception occur just after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday. Various states instantly moved to effectively prohibit abortions.