Uterus Vending Machine Arrives In NYC Dispensing Contraceptives As ‘Candy’
Image via The Pill Club
Chips and candy bars are so readily available, so why can’t birth control products—actual necessities—be?
In line with World Contraception Day on September 26, direct-to-consumer women’s telehealth brand The Pill Club installed an unusual vending machine at the corner of New York City’s Houston & Lafayette—and you wouldn’t have been able to miss it, as it was shaped like a giant uterus.
In place of the usual snacks, consumers could top up on their supply of condoms, lubricants, tampons, and sanitary pads, as well as plant-based feminine wipes, clean-up sponges, and vitamins.
Image via The Pill Club
The equipment also dispensed special-edition World Contraception Day stickers and even a phone case that can discreetly carry birth control pills.
While it’s not difficult to obtain several of these items elsewhere, there’s still a stigma about women buying birth control products. The need to present a prescription reinforces this barrier, even though millions of American women are on birth control every day.
By placing a vending machine in this hotspot, The Pill Club hopes to normalize birth control and remind that access to these products should be as easy as getting a snack.
[via Secret NYC and MediaPost, images via The Pill Club]
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