Posted on May 6, 2022
Online ‘aunties’ from Washington offer lodging, abortion pills to people from conservative states...
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“Experienced Seattle Auntie available to help,” wrote Meghan, a Seattle-area woman, on Reddit this week. For two years, Meghan has re-shipped medical abortion pills to people across the country, particularly those in rural areas.
Across Washington state, in Spokane County, Ryanne Jones has offered to host “niblings,” or people seeking abortion assistance, for four years. She decided to advertise her standing offer in Reddit's r/AuntieNetwork community, after processing the news of the leaked Roe v. Wade draft opinion.
“If you are in North Idaho, I live not super far from Planned Parenthood and other clinics,” Jones, 47, wrote in a Reddit post on Monday. “I will even drive over and come get you if needed and take you to your appointment(s). I also have a spare bedroom you can use for a short time.”
Across Washington state, in Spokane County, Ryanne Jones has offered to host “niblings,” or people seeking abortion assistance, for four years. She decided to advertise her standing offer in Reddit's r/AuntieNetwork community, after processing the news of the leaked Roe v. Wade draft opinion.
“If you are in North Idaho, I live not super far from Planned Parenthood and other clinics,” Jones, 47, wrote in a Reddit post on Monday. “I will even drive over and come get you if needed and take you to your appointment(s). I also have a spare bedroom you can use for a short time.”
Online ‘aunties’ from Washington offer lodging, abortion pills to people from conservative states...
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..."Ideally, we would be receiving medications in ways that we knew to be absolutely legit,” Bonow said. “But in the world we live in now – and the world we're about to live in, in the absence of a Roe – people are going to need to use other avenues.”
She added, “I worry that systems of online provision are going to be flooded and that people are going to end up waiting a long time for their meds.”
For her part, Meghan said that even if there’s a legal crackdown on reshipping medications, she won’t stop.
“It's not like abortions started in 1973 [when Roe v. Wade was first decided],” Meghan said. “This is not a new phenomenon. This is something that's happened for all of time, and it's going to continue to happen for all of time.”"
..."Ideally, we would be receiving medications in ways that we knew to be absolutely legit,” Bonow said. “But in the world we live in now – and the world we're about to live in, in the absence of a Roe – people are going to need to use other avenues.”
She added, “I worry that systems of online provision are going to be flooded and that people are going to end up waiting a long time for their meds.”
For her part, Meghan said that even if there’s a legal crackdown on reshipping medications, she won’t stop.
“It's not like abortions started in 1973 [when Roe v. Wade was first decided],” Meghan said. “This is not a new phenomenon. This is something that's happened for all of time, and it's going to continue to happen for all of time.”"
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