Amazon is limiting gross sales of Plan B and different emergency contraceptives to 3 models per buyer within the wake of elevated demand, the corporate confirmed to a number of media retailers. Last week’s US Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade prompted a spike in gross sales of Plan B and different generic manufacturers of levonorgestrel morning-after tablets.
Customers who order emergency contraception on Amazon nonetheless face a little bit of a wait. Amazon’s predominant itemizing for Plan B (a well-liked title model of levonorgestrel made by an organization referred to as Foundation Consumer Healthcare) shows an estimated supply vary of July 19 by August 6. MyChoice, a generic model of levonorgestrel that’s cheaper than Plan B shows a supply date of July 28. Engadget has reached out to Amazon for an estimate on when it should take away its cap on gross sales, and can replace if we hear again.
Rite-Aid can be capping each on-line and in-person gross sales of emergency contraception to 3 per buyer. Walmart has a extra beneficiant restrict of 10 models of Plan B per buyer, and Target limits on-line gross sales of Plan B to 6 orders per buyer. Following a brief cap on gross sales, each Walgreens and CVS have eliminated buy limits on Plan B as of Tuesday night.
“We proceed to have ample provide of emergency contraceptives to satisfy buyer wants,” Matt Blanchette, CVS’s senior supervisor of retail communications advised CNN.
Those who don’t need to flip to Amazon or a significant drugstore chain produce other on-line choices for Plan. Both Instacart and GoPuff additionally supply Plan B for same-day supply. A variety of telehealth startups akin to Wisp, Nurx and Stix promote generic emergency contraceptive tablets (although gross sales are restricted to sure states). Sales of emergency contraceptive merchandise on Wisp spiked by 40 % following a leak of the courtroom’s determination again in May, Wisp confirmed to Engadget. Furthermore, gross sales had been 25 occasions the every day common for May on Friday, the day of the courtroom’s ruling.
“We have been able to meet the current surge in demand. We are not putting any restrictions on emergency contraceptive pills,” famous Wisp CEO Ahmad Bani in an announcement to Engadget.