SKIPPACK, Pa. - With the overturn of Roe v. Wade came a heightened demand for the Plan B pill. This spike in demand for the "morning after" pill is making it difficult for pharmacies to keep it on the shelves.
Pharmacies like CVS and Rite Aid have begun limiting the amount of Plan B that a customer can buy. Other pharmacies, like Skippack Pharmacy in Montgomery County, are nearly fresh out."As a woman who is still able to reproduce, it’s scary to think that I won’t have access or that the supply will not be there," said Jennifer, a customer at Skippack Pharmacy.
With only one box of the pill left on the shelves as of Tuesday, Skippack Pharmacy has a limit of just one per customer. Unfortunately, Dr.
Mak Amin, of Skippack Pharmacy, says there is not much more to restock once that lone box is gone. "I was looking into our supplier’s inventory.