IUD and Vasectomy Appointments Elevated Following US Presidential Election?

A rumor alleging that the reproductive well being care nonprofit group Deliberate Parenthood reported a big improve in intrauterine machine (IUD) appointments and vasectomies following Election Day in the US circulated on-line in November 2024. 

One submit on X sharing the declare said, “After Election Day, Deliberate Parenthood is reporting: 760% improve in IUD appointments, 1200% improve in vasectomies. As we speak’s Leftist ideology is constructed on worry of kids, the longer term, and life itself. Actually unhappy.” The submit had almost 2 million views as of this writing. 

(@LilaGraceRose on X)

The one that posted the unique declare, Lila Rose, is the founding father of the anti-abortion group Reside Motion. 

There have been hundreds of replies to the submit, with one consumer responding, “Setting apart any concern for the souls of those folks, their self-removal from the gene pool is a service to their nation.” One other said, “Properly that can skinny out the Left’s gene pool. Not such a nasty thought.” 

One different individual added, “LOL – you’re the ones that attacked reproductive freedom. Excuse ladies for not eager to threat dying on your spiritual management. Excuse males for not eager to be compelled into fatherhood with a useless spouse due to your spiritual management.”

Danika Severino Wynn, vice chairman of care and entry for the Deliberate Parenthood Federation of America, confirmed to Snopes that the numbers talked about within the declare have been correct. Nonetheless, Wynn clarified that the alleged “1200% improve in vasectomies” is extra precisely vasectomy appointments. Due to the wording within the authentic declare, Snopes is ranking it as principally true. 

Crucially, there may be extra vital context. The numbers mirrored within the Deliberate Parenthood statistics are for under Nov. 6, 2024, as in contrast with the earlier day, the day of the U.S. presidential election. 

As well as, the statistics supplied reference appointments made solely at Deliberate Parenthood well being facilities in the US, and never every other websites that present reproductive well being care. 

Wynn stated:

People could also be rightfully feeling fearful and frightened concerning the prospect of additional restrictions on our freedom to regulate our our bodies. Waking up on November 6, they rushed to Deliberate Parenthood for assist.

Individuals are looking out the Deliberate Parenthood web site for trusted info and well being care companies, as at all times. However the traits we see make it clear that entry to sexual and reproductive well being care is high of thoughts for a lot of — particularly those that reside in states the place abortion care has already been banned or restricted.

Along with the information talked about within the submit on X, Wynn shared extra statistics for the day after the election: 

Visits to the primary internet web page on sterilization (tubal ligation) elevated by 1700%. 

Visitors to the online web page on vasectomy appointments elevated by 1200%. 

Visits to the online pages on common IUD info and how you can get an IUD elevated by 500% and 1200%, respectively. 

Contraception implant appointments scheduled elevated by 350%.

Gender-affirming care appointments scheduled elevated by 140%. 

Although the declare was in reference to Deliberate Parenthood associates particularly, CBS News reported that it was not the one sexual well being group reporting a spike in contraceptives and reproductive well being care. 

Included within the CBS Information report was a 966% improve in gross sales of the “morning-after tablet” from Winx Well being within the days following the election.

Snopes has fact-checked the claims surrounding reproductive health in the course of the 2024 U.S. presidential election at size, together with what a “minimum national standard” for abortion truly means, Vice President Kamala Harris’ response to anti-abortion demonstrators during a rally and the rumor that Planned Parenthood provided free abortions and vasectomies on the 2024 Democratic Nationwide Conference.