Donald Trump’s presidential victory will apparently also be avictory for makers of birth control devices — but not for the womenwho will use them.

Trump’s generally hostile position on matters of women’s reproductive rights has fanned fearsamong women that abortion and certain birth control methods willeither be outlawed or made too expensive for many under hisadministration.

Their fears are well founded: Many in the GOP want to seeRoe v. Wade overturned, and a dismantlingof the Affordable Care Act would deprive millions of any sort ofhealth insurance.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.