After the announcement of the Supreme Court decision revoking the right to abortion in the United States, the association Just the Pill received in a few hours nearly a hundred requests for appointments.
That’s about four times more than the non-profit organization that helps women get the abortion pill in different states normally receives each day. Many dating requests came from women living in Texas and other states who, as soon as the Supreme Court decision became known, immediately banned voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion).
demand will soar
The abortion pill already accounted for more than half of abortions in the United States but, with the revocation of the Roe vs Wade, demand should skyrocket. These drugs will find themselves at the heart of intense legal battles – about half of American states should ban abortion, while other states are beginning to take measures to facilitate access to abortion.
Medical abortion is authorized by the Food and Drug Administration [FDA, l’agence américaine chargée de délivrer les autorisations des médicaments] up to the tenth week of pregnancy. The procedure consists of taking two separate drugs, with an interval of twenty-four to forty-eight hours, in order to interrupt the gestation and then to cause the expulsion of the fetus, with significant contractions and bleeding often equivalent to heavy periods.
A less invasive and more discreet method
Many patients choose this solution because it is less expensive, less invasive and more discreet than surgical abortion. Tablets received by post can be taken at home following a face-to-face or remote medical consultation, or even after simply filling out an online form.
When taking part in the teleconsultation, the patient must be in a State where abortion is authorized, but it is enough for her, for example, to do so by telephone in a car which has just crossed the border. It is the IP address of the computer or telephone that allows the clinic to certify its location.
In states that totally prohibit abortion, the ban on medical abortion looks thorny. While it is easy to close a medical center, experts point out, it is much more complicated to monitor activities such as the sending or receiving of tablets by post or the movement of women to states allowing abortion to do so. follow a consultation and obtain these drugs legally.
“We hear that we are going to go back to the days before the Roe judgment vs Wade, but time travel does
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