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US women are stocking up on abortion pills, especially when there is news about restrictions (apnews.com)
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Medication abortion accounts for more than half of all abortions in the U.S., and typically involves two drugs: mifepristone and misoprostol. A research letter published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at requests for these pills from people who weren’t pregnant and sought them through Aid Access, a European online telemedicine service that prescribes them for future and immediate use.

Aid Access received about 48,400 requests from across the U.S. for so-called “advance provision” from September 2021 through April 2023. Requests were highest right after news leaked in May 2022 that the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade — but before the formal announcement that June, researchers found.

Nationally, the average number of daily requests shot up nearly tenfold, from about 25 in the eight months before the leak to 247 after the leak. In states where an abortion ban was inevitable, the average weekly request rate rose nearly ninefold.

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[–] Drusas@kbin.social 45 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You don't fucking say.

Men can't truly understand how terrifying it is to be pregnant and unable to stop it. Even healthy pregnancies often result in long-term damage (Google it, I get freaked out even thinking about it), which is something that I'm convinced is intentionally hidden from women so that they won't decide not to have children because the effects can so often be horrible. The worst thing is that other women hide it and then when their friends finally experience it after them, they open up about it. Talk about just wanting others to suffer like you did.

Imagine having to go through all that for a child you wanted to abort. Imagine all of the stereotypes you're familiar with about pregnancy such as your abdomen painfully swelling, losing bladder control, feeling movement inside of your belly, getting nauseous and vomiting, getting inconvenient cravings, screaming in pain through labor. Then imagine the other fairly common outcomes which are hidden, such as : the flesh around your anus splitting open; becoming incontinent; developing hemorrhoids; the muscles in your abdomen splitting apart down the center; postpartum depression; your feet swelling up so large that you can't even wear shoes. It goes on and on and it's hidden from you until you experience it.

[–] WeeSheep@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Not to mention that this is all in a country where healthcare coverage can end when the insurance company feels like and they can say they "cover" something but only pay $10 towards a $700 bill until you meet the deductible, medications not included. For those that decide to have a child with insurance, appointments can cost hundreds per appointment. You can to buy new clothes constantly what you may never wear again. You have to sit on the phone for hours hoping you are not hung up on to talk to insurance figuring out why something wasn't covered when you triple checked it was. You have to buy prenatal medication and also things for each of the symptoms, sometimes multiple things for each symptom.

Discomfort/pain/anxiety/depression/things you already didn't have time for and now have less time for aside, it's EXPENSIVE to even try and be sort of comfortable. Expensive in both time and also money.

[–] MahnaMahna@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I had an extremely drama free pregnancy and I'm still healing 6 weeks later. The hemorrhoids in particular fucking suck because it's painful for hours afterwards every time I poop, even with taking stool softener. I have an extremely generous maternity leave policy and I work a desk job so I'm able to take plenty of time to fully recover. I can't even imagine how a warehouse or retail worker is able to manage, and their leave policy probably isn't nearly as generous either.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Okay but a bunch of old guys probably know what to do best right? Why don't we just let the government lead the way? Maybe they can tell us what people are most worthy of being parents too. They got the best answers so far. Specially the supremes. Good thing we don't actually vote for a president, an electoral college does...uh a college? Nah, it's just a bunch of random people who are picked based on their vote...."hey I'm gonna pick Trump!......oh pick that guy over there! He's gonna vote Trump!"

[–] recapitated@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So, it's like stocking up on guns and ammo, but for an actual real demonstrable reason by rational actors.

[–] zxk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow you must live in utopia

[–] recapitated@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I live in a Midwestern US city where people in the far suburbs stock up on ammo. I'm going fine and have been for 40 years. (1) Nobody's coming for your guns in the US if you aren't a felon. It's not even possible. (2) The odds of you needing all those rounds in the event of a home invasion is straight up silly. In fact, worst case you show them how much you got and they come back with more muscle next time.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 16 points 2 years ago

Not a surprise.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's going to be the abortion underground train. This reminds me of the history of how black people freed slaves in secret by sneaking them out of their slavery state.

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Already been happening. It's called the Aunties Network. And actually, one of the things they do is buy up doses of abortion drugs to send to people in places where it isn't available.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's not just women. I keep doses of Plan B here as well for any long term romantic engagements.

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Just a heads up - plan b is less effective the larger the woman is! I took it within 10 hours at about 150 lbs and it did not work

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

We have a dose of Plan B here for our 13-year-old daughter. She's much more interested in girls than boys and she's not at all interested in sex, but horrific things can happen.

I'm glad Plan B has a four-year shelf life. I just hope we won't be out of luck when she's 17.

[–] urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Friend, plan B is not an abortion drug, and isn’t what the article is talking about. Plan B is contraception.

You may not be aware of this, or you might already know. It is something a lot of people confuse, so it’s important to be clear.

[–] Smacks@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Shit's going to get bad by the end of the year...