Activists Race to Expand Access to Abortion Pills Nationwide

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Innovating Education in Reproductive Health, a program at the UCSF Bixby Center for Global and Reproductive Health, has launched a video series to educate providers in states where abortion is severely restricted on how to care for patients who self-manage their abortions.
49% : Others have taken steps to combat disinformation disseminated by anti-abortion groups, which regularly use phrases and imagery in their online advertisements designed to lure people in search of information about abortion, in order to deter them from ending their pregnancies.
46% : But that doesn't necessarily mean the country will return to a world before 1973, when the landmark Supreme Court case enshrined a constitutional right to abortion.
46% :Leah Coplon, a certified nurse midwife and director of clinical operations at Abortion on Demand, a group that provides abortion pills by mail in 21 states, says patients ask her about legal liability.
43% : Staff at the hospital where Herrera sought care reported her to law enforcement, resulting in a temporary murder charge.
43% : Hey Jane, another telehealth medication abortion company, similarly ships to Post Office boxes and other pickup points in states where abortion is likely to remain broadly legal, including New York, California, Washington, Illinois, Colorado, and New Mexico.
43% :Aid Access has experienced similar problems, says Christie Pitney, a certified nurse midwife who works with the group to prescribe abortion pills in states where telehealth for abortion is legal and helps run the group's social media.
42% : Just the Pill is also planning to staff mobile clinics that will travel to states, including Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Mexico, where abortion will likely remain legal but that border states with strict anti-abortion laws.
42% : Hey Jane CEO Kiki Freedman says she chose those states because they are places that expect to see an influx of patients as GOP-led states ban abortion.
41% : Abortion, she says, should be treated no differently than other types of medical care.
39% : A spokesperson for Meta said its platforms allow posts and ads that raise awareness of abortion and provide information about abortion, including abortion pills, but the company does not allow direct sales of prescription drugs.
39% : It's unclear how tech companies will handle ads in the U.S. if some states outlaw abortion entirely, as they're widely expected to do.
37% : For example, just days before a Texas law banning abortion after about six weeks took effect last fall, Plan C's Instagram account was suspended; Plan C was notified it had violated the platform's community guidelines or terms of use, Wells says.
37% : In other countries where abortion is tightly restricted, including Poland and Saudi Arabia, Google does not allow abortion-related ads, and social media posts in some places are more limited too.
34% : If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade this summer, as a leaked draft opinion suggests it may, abortion will likely be banned or severely restricted in about half of the United States.
33% : While Abortion on Demand only mails pills in states where it is legal to do so, some patients are concerned about scrutiny from health care or law enforcement officials, while others worry their own friends and family, who might not support their decision to get an abortion, could take action to stop them.

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