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TUESDAY, June 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — CVS and Rite Aid are limiting purchases of morning-after pills in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n
To avoid a shortage, CVS is temporarily restricting purchases of the emergency contraceptives to three boxes per customer. The chain said it had “ample supply” of Plan B and Aftera (both levonorgestrel), two brands of the pill that can prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex or if a birth control method fails, CBS News<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n “To ensure equitable access and consistent supply on store shelves, we’ve implemented a temporary purchase limit of three [boxes] on these products,” CVS told CBS News<\/em>.<\/p>\n Plan B costs $49.99 for a single pill and Aftera costs $39.99, CBS News<\/em> said.<\/p>\n Rite Aid is also restricting emergency contraceptive pills to three pills per order, while Walgreens told CBS News<\/em> that it had no plans “at this time” to restrict sales of morning-after pills. Plan B pills are sold out at Walgreens.com, but are available in some stores. “Walgreens is still able to meet demand in-store,” a spokeswoman told CBS News<\/em>. “At this time, we are working to restock online inventory for ship-to-home.”<\/p>\n