Posted on May 20, 2022
Telehealth abortions are simple and private — but restricted in many states
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On the day of the leaked draft of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a woman named Nora was at home in her one-bedroom apartment getting through a medical abortion. She'd stocked up on menstrual pads and painkillers, and steeled herself to get through a tough day.
Having children "is something I so badly want," Nora told NPR, "but I'm 22 and I'm poor, and I just can't even wrap my head around it."
(NPR is using Nora's first name only out of concern for her personal safety.)
For Nora, who lives in upstate New York, deciding to end the pregnancy was hard. But getting the Food and Drug Administration-approved abortion pills was not.
She got a medical consult online and received the pills by mail, through a provider called Aid Access. It's one of a handful of U.S. telehealth abortion services that have sprung up in recent years.
The services, with names like HeyJane and Abortion on Demand, have used pandemic-era changes to rules around telehealth and abortion medications to fulfill a growing demand for safe, at-home abortions.
On the day of the leaked draft of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a woman named Nora was at home in her one-bedroom apartment getting through a medical abortion. She'd stocked up on menstrual pads and painkillers, and steeled herself to get through a tough day.
Having children "is something I so badly want," Nora told NPR, "but I'm 22 and I'm poor, and I just can't even wrap my head around it."
(NPR is using Nora's first name only out of concern for her personal safety.)
For Nora, who lives in upstate New York, deciding to end the pregnancy was hard. But getting the Food and Drug Administration-approved abortion pills was not.
She got a medical consult online and received the pills by mail, through a provider called Aid Access. It's one of a handful of U.S. telehealth abortion services that have sprung up in recent years.
The services, with names like HeyJane and Abortion on Demand, have used pandemic-era changes to rules around telehealth and abortion medications to fulfill a growing demand for safe, at-home abortions.
Telehealth abortions are simple and private — but restricted in many states
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Abortions will not stop no matter how hard the Christian Taliban tries. We will not submit to religious bullying or theocratic encroachment on free society. We will not have it.
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Roe v Wade was flawed in that it took something that should have been the purview of the individual states and made a Federal issue out of it. Regardless of whether SCOTUS overturns Roe or leaves it standing, the genie is already out of the bottle. For me personally, I don't agree with abortion as a form of birth control but I would rather a woman have access to safe, regulated, proper medical services than return to "rusty coat hanger in the back alley" type of situation. The states passing legislation to make abortion a felony is just ignorance of the highest level.
When done properly, Tubal Ligation and Vasectomy procedures have a high percentage (greater than 80% according to some medical journals) of being reversible. Instead of the failed "abstinence only" position that many espouse, maybe making sterilization easier to obtain is the better option. Even then, if you don't want children, use several forms of birth control (condoms, IUD, spermicidal gels, etc) to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Even after my own vasectomy, I still used contraceptives. Might be overkill but I don't have any unwanted children or sex partners having abortions (that I know of). Nothing is 100% foolproof but taking responsibility for your own actions would certainly help lower the need for abortion overall.
When done properly, Tubal Ligation and Vasectomy procedures have a high percentage (greater than 80% according to some medical journals) of being reversible. Instead of the failed "abstinence only" position that many espouse, maybe making sterilization easier to obtain is the better option. Even then, if you don't want children, use several forms of birth control (condoms, IUD, spermicidal gels, etc) to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Even after my own vasectomy, I still used contraceptives. Might be overkill but I don't have any unwanted children or sex partners having abortions (that I know of). Nothing is 100% foolproof but taking responsibility for your own actions would certainly help lower the need for abortion overall.
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SPC John Williams
Capt Gregory Prickett - You probably should keep your religious views to yourself. Just amuse me please... when does a person begin?
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SrA Alvin Cook
Question would it be better for that "child" to starve/ go hungry, suffer from poor care or be abused because the mother was not capable of taking care of it? Or foster care , an orphanage? There are thousands of children who face this quality of life. I once asked several abortion protesters would they be willing to adopt or care for that child who they were fighting for and the answer was no. Nor were they willing to do anything toward a support system for these mothers and the children.
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SPC John Williams
Did Roe v Wade make fewer children in poverty? NOPE! Are the cities better now? Nope.
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