With Roe v. Wade overturned, women are seeking another way to get abortions: abortion pills.
According to The New York Times, just this month, over 50 percent of pregnancies terminated used abortion pills. With abortions now banned, abortion pills are being pursued more than ever.
Abortion pills, also known as medication abortions, are used in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. The process involves taking two types of abortion pills, each 24-48 hours apart.
These pills are not only easy to obtain as they are mailed but also cheap and offer more privacy than surgical abortions. In states with abortion banned, pills are harder to enforce in contrast to clinics and many also travel to states where abortion is legal to pick up pills.
For those who prefer surgical clinics, there are also programs that terminate pregnancies near states that have outlawed abortions. “Abortion Delivered” is a clinic-on-wheels program that operates on borders of states where abortions are already illegal or soon to be, namely Texas, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Utah.
On the other hand, anti-abortion groups argue that abortion pills are dangerous by calling them a “chemical abortion.” Abortion pills are “a serious public health threat,” James Studnicki, Vice President of a pro-life institute states.
Yet, the FDA and other major health websites claim that medication abortions are completely safe. A program that the FDA allowed to provide medication abortions discovered that 95 percent of abortions did not require follow-up.
Abortion pills have also taken over social media. Recently, there has been an influx in ads and posts regarding medication abortions. Unfortunately, Instagram and Facebook have started removing these posts, NPR stated.
On the bright side, President Biden’s administration has prompted to protect abortion pills from being banned in certain states.
According to The New York Times, just this month, over 50 percent of pregnancies terminated used abortion pills. With abortions now banned, abortion pills are being pursued more than ever.
Abortion pills, also known as medication abortions, are used in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. The process involves taking two types of abortion pills, each 24-48 hours apart.
These pills are not only easy to obtain as they are mailed but also cheap and offer more privacy than surgical abortions. In states with abortion banned, pills are harder to enforce in contrast to clinics and many also travel to states where abortion is legal to pick up pills.
For those who prefer surgical clinics, there are also programs that terminate pregnancies near states that have outlawed abortions. “Abortion Delivered” is a clinic-on-wheels program that operates on borders of states where abortions are already illegal or soon to be, namely Texas, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Utah.
On the other hand, anti-abortion groups argue that abortion pills are dangerous by calling them a “chemical abortion.” Abortion pills are “a serious public health threat,” James Studnicki, Vice President of a pro-life institute states.
Yet, the FDA and other major health websites claim that medication abortions are completely safe. A program that the FDA allowed to provide medication abortions discovered that 95 percent of abortions did not require follow-up.
Abortion pills have also taken over social media. Recently, there has been an influx in ads and posts regarding medication abortions. Unfortunately, Instagram and Facebook have started removing these posts, NPR stated.
On the bright side, President Biden’s administration has prompted to protect abortion pills from being banned in certain states.
