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Amazon, Rite Aid cap purchase of emergency contraceptives

FILE - A Rite Aid logo is displayed on its store in Pittsburgh, on Jan. 12, 2022. Rite Aid is limiting how many emergency contraceptives consumers can buy, joining other retailers who put in place similar caps following the Supreme Court decision overruling Roe v. Wade. The policy went into effect Monday, June 27, at the drugstore chain, which has limited the purchase of Plan B pills to three units per customer due to increased demand, a company spokesperson said. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) FILE - An Amazon logo appears on a delivery van, Oct. 1, 2020, in Boston. Amazon is limiting how many emergency contraceptives consumers can buy, joining other retailers who put in place similar caps following the Supreme Court decision overruling Roe v. Wade. Amazon's limit, which temporarily caps purchase of the contraceptives at three units per week, went into effect on Monday, June 27, 2022, a spokesperson for the e-commerce giant confirmed to the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)