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For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

According to an Associated Press article from November, there was a significant surge in demand

for long-term birth control, for sterilization, and for chemical abortions following the election.

One company saw a 966% spike in sales of

so-called emergency contraception and abortion pills in just three days after the election. The demand for a

value pack of one particular type of morning after pill increased by 7,000% in a week. And Planned Parenthood also reported an

explosion in demand for abortion pills, for long-acting contraception like IUDs, and for vasectomies.

The whole reaction was strange, really, considering that the Republican Party had gutted their

platform on abortion, and President-elect Trump had

repeatedly promised to not block access to abortion pills. In fact, even the AP admitted that,

quote, it's unclear what if much will be done regarding access to contraceptives of any kind

during the second Trump administration, end quote. The most obvious reason for all of the fear-mongering, the stockpiling of pills, and scheduling

of appointments is just politics.

The left regarded so-called reproductive health care as their best and perhaps their only

winning issue.

So, Vice President Harris repeatedly threatened that Trump and the Republicans would take away these so-called women's rights and push a national ban on abortion.

And after a decade of Handmaid's Tale references from media and politicians, many Americans had been convinced of an impending theocracy that would enslave women and force them into pregnancy.

And by the way, the Trump campaign obviously agreed

that abortion was a losing issue for them and the Republicans. Still, many pro-abortion Americans

are running scared and screaming right now, though it's not clear from what. All the pro-choice,

prophylactic panic resembles that proverb that says the wicked flee when no one pursues.

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