Donald Trump’s second term is looming large over women who have had their rights steadily stripped away since he first took office in 2016, and they are preparing accordingly.
Reproductive health care companies are reporting skyrocketing sales in contraception ranging from Plan B to abortion pills since Election Day. Women who have not sworn men off entirely are preparing for heightened health risks due to draconian abortion bans in red states—and possibly nationwide.
On the campaign trail, Trump said he’d protect women “whether the women like it or not,” whatever that means. Either way, it’s creepy. He called the states that enacted abortion bans a “beautiful thing” after appointing the conservative Supreme Court majority that overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. His election to a second term has emboldened violent misogynists including far-right podcaster Nick Fuentes, who posted, “Your body, my choice” and gleefully mocked women on social media.