The self-managed abortion happened before the fall of Roe, but police didn't charge the woman with “performing or soliciting an abortion' until this week.
, and it’s unclear why police didn’t charge the woman with “performing or soliciting an abortion” until this week. She reportedly posted $2,500 bond and was released. Jezebel has requested the police incident report and will update this story once more information is available.South Carolina is only one of three states to explicitly criminalize self-managed abortions.
“, but we sadly know it’s indicative of where we’re headed. Self-managing an abortion with medication is extremely safe; it is the criminalization of it that makes it dangerous,” Sussman said.ike so many cases, the sharing of personal medical information with a provider led to criminal charges. Seeking care or self-managing an abortion should never lead to criminal prosecution.”
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