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Patients rush to replace IUDs, renew birth control after Trump's win (www.axios.com)

submitted 13 hours ago by StevenSaus@midwest.social to c/health@lemmy.world

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Patients in Massachusetts are increasingly contacting Planned Parenthood with concerns about the future of contraceptive access and medication abortion under the incoming Trump administration, despite the state's robust legal protections for abortion and contraceptives, with some seeking early replacement of long-term contraceptive devices due to uncertainty about future insurance coverage.

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[–] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Got a vasectomy a week ago. I've been meaning to for a long time, but that was the push I needed.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 11 points 12 hours ago

I went and got fixed last May. My IUD doesn't expire for a few more years I just already don't like where this is going. Dunno what the people who want children just not right this second are gonna do though.