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Amazon and Rite Aid Limit Emergency Contraception Purchases

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Amazon and Rite Aid Limit Emergency Contraception Purchases

Amazon and Rite Aid Limit Emergency Contraception Purchases

Amazon and Rite Aid , Limit Emergency Contraception Purchases.

Amazon and Rite Aid , Limit Emergency Contraception Purchases.

CNN reports that sales of emergency contraception spiked following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v.

Wade.

As a result, Amazon has limited the purchase of emergency contraception, including Plan B, to three per week.

As a result, Amazon has limited the purchase of emergency contraception, including Plan B, to three per week.

Rite Aid has followed suit.

Due to increased demand, at this time we are limiting purchases of Plan B contraceptive pills to three per customer.

, Alicja Wojczyk, senior manager of external communications for Rite Aid, to CNN .

On June 27, CVS told CNN it would also be limiting emergency contraception purchases to three per customer.

But it removed those purchase limits on June 28.

.

Immediately following the Supreme Court decision, we saw a sharp increase in the sale of emergency contraceptives and implemented a temporary purchase limit to ensure equitable access, Matt Blanchette, Senior Manager of Retail Communications with CVS Pharmacy, to CNN.

Sales have since stabilized and we’re in the process of removing the purchase limits, which will take effect in-store and on CVS.com over the next 24 hours.

, Matt Blanchette, Senior Manager of Retail Communications with CVS Pharmacy, to CNN.

We continue to have ample supply of emergency contraceptives to meet customer needs, Matt Blanchette, Senior Manager of Retail Communications with CVS Pharmacy, to CNN


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