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Why Americans are stockpiling abortion medication ahead of Trump's second term

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Since Trump's reelection, many women and health care providers across the U.S. have been stockpiling supplies of abortion pills and emergency contraception. One of the largest suppliers of abortion medication reported a 17-fold increase in requests the first 24 hours after Election Day. Ali Rogin speaks with Elissa Nadworny, who covers reproductive rights and abortion for NPR, for more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Advocates for reproductive rights won major victories in last month's elections.

0:06.0

Voters in seven states approved measures that either expanded or enshrined the right to an abortion in their constitutions.

0:12.0

Some women worry about what a second Trump presidency could bring despite recent comments from the president-elect about preserving access to abortion pills. Ali Rogan reports on how they're preparing for the next four years.

0:24.6

Since Mr. Trump's reelection, many women and health care providers across the U.S.

0:29.6

have been stockpiling supplies of abortion pills and emergency contraception.

0:33.6

One of the largest suppliers of abortion medication reported that in the first

0:38.3

24 hours after Election Day, they received 17 times the number of requests they typically

0:44.2

get in a day. Earlier this month, President-elect Trump was asked if he would restrict abortion

0:49.0

medication on NBC's Meet the Press.

0:51.2

I'll probably stay with exactly what I've been saying for the last two years and the

0:56.3

insurers know.

0:58.0

You commit to that.

0:59.0

Well, I commit.

1:00.0

I mean, are things to change?

1:01.8

I think they change.

1:04.0

Alyssa, Nad Warnie covers reproductive rights and abortion for NPR.

1:07.5

Alyssa, thank you so much for being here.

1:09.2

Glad to be here.

1:10.2

We just heard President-elect Trump saying he would not restrict access to abortion pills.

1:14.9

He also told Time magazine recently that he would instruct the FDA not to interfere with access

1:20.4

to abortion pills, and yet people are still stockpiling these medications.

1:25.1

Why is that?

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