Virtual mailboxes, mobile clinics and more: Here are some of the ways underground access to abortion could work.
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For Wells, founder of the online abortion site Plan C, which tells women how to find the abortion pill, it’s a potential workaround to state laws restricting access. “We know that people looking for abortion care, especially in restricted states are in a really stressful situation. And we don't want them to have to guess about what to do and which services to use,” she added.As 26 states are expected to eventually ban or severely restrict abortion in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson, a grassroots resistance movement is on the rise that looks notably different than it did in the 1960s.
It's possible anti-abortion rights states will try to brand such efforts as illegal, paving the way for more court challenges. Another group, called Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equality, is training local activists on how to "self-manage" an abortion, including when and how to take mifepristone and misoprostol. Several anti-abortion rights lawmakers and activists say this could potentially violate state laws that prohibit "aiding and abetting" abortion."Before Roe , we did not have safe and effective abortion pills like we do now. We didn't have the internet.
The FDA though warns getting medications overseas from sites not regulated by the US could be dangerous. Under federal rules, the abortion pill can only be prescribed by certified clinicians and provided from FDA-inspected manufacturers.
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