1/ It's not a big mystery what would happen if abortion were suddenly illegal across large parts of the US.
In many places, it already might as well be illegal – it's that inaccessible – and the accounts of what that looks like are sobering.
In many places, it already might as well be illegal – it's that inaccessible – and the accounts of what that looks like are sobering.
These are excerpts from letters US women wrote to a website that provides abortion drugs to countries where abortion is illegal.
Women on Web shared them with me when I was a @GuardianUS reporter.
Women on Web shared them with me when I was a @GuardianUS reporter.
@GuardianUS (I can't tell you how many letter writers were deadly afraid that their partners would harm them because they had gotten pregnant. That was a huge theme.)
@GuardianUS In the same article, I followed a Texas woman who couldn't afford an abortion as she traveled to Mexico & back to buy abortion pills and end her pregnancy on her own.
The experience was terrifying and she could easily have been prosecuted, but it worked. bit.ly/2fi6t57
The experience was terrifying and she could easily have been prosecuted, but it worked. bit.ly/2fi6t57
@GuardianUS [Graphic] This is from an interview with one of the only abortion providers in Louisiana. He began performing abortions in 1975 – when it was legal, but not widely available.
Women who took matters into their own hands were mutilating themselves.
Women who took matters into their own hands were mutilating themselves.
@GuardianUS Today, many women buy abortion pills online. But it can be difficult to find reliable instructions or know if you're buying a trustworthy product.
And there are still women who don't have that option and try to end pregnancies with poison or sharp objects bit.ly/2GgXsYM
And there are still women who don't have that option and try to end pregnancies with poison or sharp objects bit.ly/2GgXsYM
@GuardianUS Trump has said that if Roe v Wade were overturned, women can simply travel to other states. But the time, expense, and logistics involved can prove insurmountable.
@GuardianUS Courtesy of a Texas abortion fund, here are some of the real-life routes TX women had to take in order to get an abortion.
Ask yourself, does every single woman in your life have access to this kind of time, money, and support, every day of her life?
Ask yourself, does every single woman in your life have access to this kind of time, money, and support, every day of her life?
All of this is to say nothing of what can happen when women in emergency situations are denied abortion, or procedures that religious institutions consider to be an abortion (regardless of whether most doctors would agree)
bit.ly/2ldhCeg
bit.ly/2ldhCeg
"Should" women take these actions? To each her own opinion.
I'm a reporter, I'm here to tell you what the best evidence tells us *will* happen in a world without Roe.
(Exactly what happened last time.)
I'm a reporter, I'm here to tell you what the best evidence tells us *will* happen in a world without Roe.
(Exactly what happened last time.)
