With abortion rights increasingly under threat in the United States, women are taking precautions. With restrictions increasing in several states, many women are stocking up on abortion pills early.
A way for these women to ” guarantee their health and personal choice »
According to a study published Tuesday 2 January in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine and transmitted by New York Times“ tens of thousands of women who are not pregnant order the abortion pill in case they one day need it “.
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Therefore, they obtain the pill via teleconsultation, in case of potential unwanted pregnancies and in the event that in their state there are greater restrictions on access to voluntary termination of pregnancy. A way for them to “ guarantee their health and personal choice » according to the study.
A practice that is in fashion climb since June 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, thus leaving it up to each state to decide whether or not to ban women from having abortions.
According to the study, before May 2022, Aid Access (an organization that provides abortion pills) received approximately 6,000 requests for supplies, or approximately 25 per day. “ Since then he has received more than 42,000 requests, an average of 118 per day “he said to New York Times one of the study’s co-authors, Dr. Abigail Aiken.
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