It’s a real explosion. After the announcement of Trump’s victory this Wednesday, November 6, in the presidential electionAmerican women rushed to online health services to order abortion pills, reports The Guardian . The company, Aid Access, a pioneer in the marketing of this type of pill, received over 5,000 orders in less than 12 hours. “We’ve seen a 15-fold increase in the number of orders. Usually, we receive 600 requests a day, but in the last 24 hours, this figure has risen to 10,000.”says AidAccess to Figaro.

In the United States, abortion pills can be purchased online. This practice is becoming increasingly widespread, particularly in states where abortion is prohibited. Websites such as Plan C offer information on how to obtain this type of pill, and run awareness campaigns to promote the practice.

Growing concern

The increase in orders also affects emergency contraception and hormone treatment for transgender people. The latter fear that their rights will be restricted under the Trump administration.

For example, the Wisp site, which sells care products and drug treatments, has seen a 300% rise in requests for emergency contraception, while the Plan C site, an information site on abortion pills, has seen its traffic increase by 625%, reports the British daily. “Clearly, people are trying to plan for the reproductive apocalypse that we believe will happen under Trump’s presidency,” Elisa Wells, co-founder of Plan C, told the Guardian.

The medical site, Queer Doc, which provides gender transitioning drugs through the marketing of hormones such as estrogen or testosterone, has received a wave of emails from transgender patients, expressing concern about access to their hormone treatment.

Fear of the Trump administration

Following the repeal of the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Roe v. Wadethirteen states were given the option of banning abortion on their territory. In response, several American states began stockpiling abortion pills, starting with Washington State, followed by California, which acquired two million pills, and then Connecticut.

American willingness to stockpile can be explained by “the fear that Trump will withdraw mifepristone [pilule abortive, NDLR] from the market, enforce the Comstock law or institute a federal ban on abortion.” according to the American company AidAccess. This law, passed in 1873, imposes federal penalties for the delivery of any type of material. “obscene” or “immoral”. It has been exhumed by anti-abortionists who want to ban the mailing of abortion pills.