Birth control startups are offering deals to help patients prep for whatever's next

by Wagatwe Wanjuki

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Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 at 8:24:02am PST

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25: Margot Riphagen of New Orleans dresses as a birth control pill pack while dancing in front of the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby March 25, 2014 in Washington, DC. The court heard from lawyers on both sides of Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby, a case that may determine whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 allows a for-profit corporation to deny its employees the health coverage of contraceptives to which the employees are otherwise entitled by federal law, based on the religious objections of the corporation's owners. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) — Women rushing to protect themselves in this time of uncertainty.

It’s not just Planned Parenthood that’s seeing a sharp increase in demand — birth control providers of all kinds are seeing a lot more requests from patients. Birth control startups have noticed the demand and have been offering deals for women across the country, BuzzFeed reports.

Here’s some of the deals:

Use the promo code TINYHANDS to get $45 towards birth control through Nurx, who ships to California, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, Virginia, Illinois, and Washington, D.C.

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— nurx (@nurxapp) January 11, 2017

Get a free telemedicine appointment through Maven Clinic, which can prescribe in 47 states. They ship the order to your local pharmacy for pickup.

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The Pill Club is offering emergency contraception for free to customers with insurance. It only can write prescriptions for people in California, but if you already have a prescription they can ship to you if you live in one of these 10 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Washington.

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The existence of these startups clearly are not a replacement for proper health care coverage, which the Republicans want to take away from millions. However, it’s good that some folks may have more options than they know. The Pill Club’s CEO Nick Chang explained to BuzzFeed:

“Our own patients were [asking], especially after the election, ‘What’s going to happen to my coverage? We have only so much we can control in terms of what Trump and [vice-president-elect Mike] Pence and Price do. But one of the ways that we can help patients right now and prepare them for anything that happens down the line is to give them protection and backup options.”