'...I would say, buckle up, women in the U.S. Just get your abortion pills in your medicine cabinet, so you have it in case you need it,' she said.
A European doctor who runs a service that prescribes abortion pills to women in the United States says she has seen an"enormous increase" in Americans looking to obtain the medications to have in their homes in case they get pregnant, since a draft opinion was leaked indicating that the Supreme Court"There's been an overwhelming amount of people that reached out to us," Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, who runs the telemedicine service Aid Access, told CBS News.
"I think everybody should get it and should make sure that they have it. It's like paracetamol," she said, comparing it to the common painkiller used in Tylenol."It's safer," Gomperts said. If they are further along than six weeks pregnant and in a place like Texas — where in-state providers are not permitted to work with them — Aid Access may connect them with Gomperts herself, who operates out of Europe.
U.S. consumers are not permitted to import prescription drugs from abroad, but the FDA doesn't tend to go after individuals who are bringing medicines into the country for personal use, said Farah Diaz-Tello, senior counsel and legal director of the reproductive rights group If/When/How.
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