Should you be stocking abortion pills in your own medicine cabinet? And if you do, what are the risks?
Photo: James Keyser/Getty Images Earlier today, the Supreme Court officially overturned Roe v. Wade, paving the way for states across America to severely restrict — or even outright ban — abortion access. Although the news was largely expected, it still sent shock waves through the nation, sending people scrambling to figure out how they’re going to get an abortion — even if they’re not currently pregnant.
Although most providers only dispense abortion pills to pregnant people, some, like Aid Access and Forward Midwifery, offer a service called advance provision, where pills are prescribed in case they are ever needed. Although the practice isn’t widely available at present, Wells suspects that more providers will start making it an option now that Roe has been overturned.
Advance provision alleviates that issue. If you have abortion pills in your medicine cabinet, you can take them as soon as you realize you’re pregnant. “Why wouldn’t you want to have some pills in your medicine cabinet that you could take as soon as you have a late period?” says Wells. It’s already common for people to keep pain relievers, cold medication, and even emergency contraception on hand just in case they ever need them.
Legally, it’s more complicated. As of now, keeping pills in your medicine cabinet is unlikely to get you in trouble, and even using them isn’t necessarily illegal. The majority of anti-abortion laws target providers, not patients, and self-managed abortion isn’t yet criminalized in any state.
It’s a good idea to brush up on your digital security before you go searching for pills to reduce the chances of creating a digital footprint of your abortion. And if you have questions about the legal risks of stocking abortion pills and self-managed abortion, the Repro Legal Helpline is a great resource to turn to — and their partner project, the Repro Legal Defense Fund, provides legal support for people who are criminalized for self-managing abortion.
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