Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe last summer, some states have been weighing and enacting dangerously restrictive abortion bans. Just last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a ban outlawing abortions in the state after six weeks gestation (despite the fact that nearly a third of pregnant people don’t know they’re pregnant until the six-week mark) and forcing people […]
I think the pills are so incredibly important as an option for abortion. But I hope people know it isn’t a one-to-one substitution. Abortion pills can be very painful, and I feel I wasn’t properly warned about how sick I could get. I thought I could just chill out and cramp it out, but it […]
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times, right? Abortion is on the ballot this midterm election season. If you’re feeling a little cynical about this, it’s hard to blame you. I, too, get a panicked fundraising email from Nancy Pelosi at least once a day. But the truth is that the […]
Moore suspects that some anti-abortion lawmakers will eventually try to enact laws that prohibit sending abortion pills through the mail. First-class packages mailed through the US Postal Service are protected by the Fourth Amendment and can only be opened with a search warrant if a postal inspector suspects the contents violate federal law—and abortion pills […]
In the spring of 2019, students from Boston University’s Students for Reproductive Freedom (SRF) club attended an annual reproductive justice conference, now called the Collective Power Conference, at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. At the meeting, the SRF students met members of a like-minded group from Brandeis University who told them about a surprising and […]
Spenser Cattin, 30, has never wanted children and said he first thought about getting a vasectomy eight years ago. He talked about the procedure with his partner, who also doesn’t want children, numerous times over the years, but didn’t take action until October 2021. At that time, Cattin talked to his primary care doctor for […]
Downloading new browsers and paying for a VPN may not be accessible to everyone, though, and in those cases, it’s still a good idea to delete your search history and use incognito mode when you’re online (even though this doesn’t fully protect your privacy). “Clearing your history and cookies does meaningfully reduce what police can […]
There are countless devastating effects that can and will result from the fall of Roe v. Wade, but one emergent and chilling consequence of the Supreme Court’s decision is how abortion bans may influence the crucial treatment of miscarriages. By definition, a miscarriage—known as a spontaneous abortion—is a nonviable pregnancy that occurs before the week […]
To help with the cramping, which generally mimics period cramps but can vary in severity based on the person, stick to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories like ibuprofen instead of drugs like aspirin, which can thin your blood and make you bleed more. You can also try a heating pad, hot water bottle, or Aebi’s cheap DIY option: […]
We still don’t know exactly what reproductive health care will look like in the post-Roe v. Wade era, but we do know that confirming your pregnancy as early as possible has become extremely important. (As of July 7, 2022, at least 44 states have gestational limits dictating how late into a pregnancy someone can get […]
According to a May 24 report by Christina Cauterucci in Slate, some pharmacists in Texas were already unsure—even before Roe was officially overturned—if they should fill prescriptions for methotrexate now, in part because a Texas law has specifically named the medication as “abortion-inducing.” It’s true that methotrexate is used to treat ectopic pregnancies, which occur […]
Similarly, organizations and networks like Planned Parenthood, We Testify, Reclaim, and many more have provided platforms to people who have had abortions to be able to tell their stories for years—and while the impact has been undeniable, to say the movement is complicated is an understatement. But that doesn’t mean sharing is right for everyone. […]
The Supreme Court’s devastating overturning of Roe v. Wade last month means that abortion will likely be illegal or heavily restricted in 26 states, according to the Guttmacher Institute. And while we don’t yet know exactly what abortion access will look like in post-Roe America, or how these restrictions will be enforced, we do know […]
Just keep in mind that these groups are trying to do a lot right now, including managing an influx of new volunteers. “One of the biggest issues that is occurring right now is that we are getting a flood of people who are well meaning, and who we are so excited to have ready to […]
Karianne Lisonbee, a member of the Utah House of Representatives, recently said that she believes women can control the “intake of semen” during sex. (Yes, really.) The Republican lawmaker, who has been in office since 2017, expressed this belief during a press conference held after Roe V. Wade was overturned on June 24, putting abortion […]