There is Evidence the Inevitable is Happening: Abortions at Home


Sales for pills used in medical abortions are up. Access to doctors is down. It's not hard to figure out the reality right in front of us. It was inevitable before the Supreme Court went off the rails.

People who track this are finding information, medicine and I would guess surgical abortions themselves are circumventing the medical system. Spreading information and pills around the country is far easier than it was back before Roe. Certainly, it would be better if it stayed inside the system but that has become an option not available in many states. 

If forced birth laws actually work and more women give birth we should see that in about a year. Official birth numbers take about a year to collect. Of course, births can rise and fall for reasons other than abortion but if there is a pattern across several states it may reveal whether the number of births changed very much. 

Another variable is how many clinics open near where women need to travel. Some are relocating on the border of non-abortion states. This is happening in North Dakota where a clinic that has been in Fargo for years is simple relocating a short distance away in Minnesota. In other places, clinics have opened or are planning to open near airports so women can minimize lost time at their jobs.

While it is not ideal, both medical and surgical abortions can be done safely by non-medical personnel. Even 40 years ago, the underground clinic in Chicago, Jane, had only amateur surgeons. Thier safety record was equal to that of licensed facilities. The potential of underground clinics and surgery places was likely even before Roe was overturned. This was due to the new ridiculous rules imposed on abortion such as wait times, viewing ultrasounds, receiving lectures and false information. If during one eight-hour shift several more abortions can be performed the cost is lower making underground medicine more profitable than the licensed kind.

That necessity is the mother of invention is something well on its way.

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