The past few years in reproductive rights have been...grim. To date, 17 states have banned or seriously restricted abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. (Six of these state bans offer no exception for the health of the mother.) What has this meant for abortion access? A lot of unnecessary suffering.
Just this year, risk-averse doctors have turned away women bleeding out from miscarriages or in sepsis. Since Roe was overturned, at least four women have died—and many more have had major health complications—because they could not get the care they needed.
Then on November 5, 2024, Donald Trump was elected president—again. His party's draconian platform, Project 2025, aims to make medication abortions illegal. (This is how 63 percent of abortions in the U.S. happen.) Hospitals could deny lifesaving abortions to seriously ill pregnant people. People who ship or transport abortion pills could be prosecuted. Providers and people who want to terminate pregnancies could face surveillance, prosecution, and lawsuits. Even birth control and reproductive health care could be restricted.
That said, as of November 2024, abortion is still legal in most states. We can't know what will happen during Trump's second presidency but—for now—here is how to get a safe, legal abortion. |
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