Medication abortion is a safe and effective way to terminate a pregnancy, but if a patient does have a complication once they’re home in a state where abortion is banned, they could be putting themselves at risk of criminalization.
just filed suit against that very law). If a patient comes back to the state and completes a medication abortion procured in a safe state at home, or has complications once they get home, hostile hospital workers or an overzealous prosecutor could put that patient in serious legal jeopardy, even if the abortion was procured in a safe state.
Traveling for a procedural abortion doesn’t include that same level of legal risk. However, it means having to get to a state where abortion is legal could mean traveling hundreds, even thousands of miles. That is a significant and unjust hurdle –– but if someone is able to travel, having a procedural abortion may be preferable. You go to the clinic, you have the procedure, and that’s it. When you travel home, the pregnancy has been terminated.
Simply put, there will always be a need for procedural abortions. It is a safe, effective, basic form of reproductive health care, and while it’s harder to access than any time in the past 50 years because of, that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth championing. Pregnant people who rely on procedural abortion are the, but they are still a reality. They deserve to be represented and supported.
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