WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood’s Kentucky chapter says appointment requests for long-acting birth control like IUDs, implants and vasectomies jumped following this month’s election.  

The organization says health centers across six states scheduled about a month’s worth of appointments in just a few days.

What You Need To Know

  • Planned Parenthood’s Kentucky chapter says appointment requests for long-acting birth control like IUDs, implants and vasectomies jumped following this month’s election

  • In the two days after the election, Kentucky’s health centers had more than 110 requests for appointments for long-acting reversible contraceptives and vasectomies

  • That's up 1000% from 10 requests during the same period a year before, according to Planned Parenthood

  • Abortion remains banned in Kentucky, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade, ending the federal right to the procedure

In the two days after the election, Kentucky’s health centers had over 110 requests for appointments for long-acting reversible contraceptives and vasectomies — up 1000% from 10 requests during the same period a year before, according to Rebecca Gibron, CEO of Kentucky’s Planned Parenthood chapter.

“I think the increase in requests for these kinds of contraceptives is really showing that patients have a fear and they have anxiety and uncertainty about the ability to access contraceptive care, with the extreme views that we know are coming in with this new administration,” said Gibron.

In a social media post in May, President-Elect Donald Trump wrote, “I have never, and will never advocate imposing restrictions on birth control, or other contraceptives.”

Gibron said people should pay close attention to Trump’s cabinet picks.

They include several people who worked on Project 2025, a controversial blueprint for the next Republican administration drafted by a hard right think tank, the Heritage Foundation.

Trump tried to distance himself from the effort during the campaign.

The document includes language about making it harder to access emergency contraception.

Meanwhile, abortion remains banned in Kentucky, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, ending the federal right to the procedure.

“Our position on this remains very clear,” Gibron said. “It is a public health crisis and we are not going to stop working to restore access to abortion care in the state of Kentucky, no matter how long it takes.”

Earlier this month, a Louisville woman who was pregnant filed a class-action lawsuit challenging Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban.

A court filing from her attorneys says though she is no longer pregnant after leaving the state for a legal abortion, the case should still move forward.

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