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> The way to look at this is that this is what happens when you don’t have safe and legal medical abortions.

Most places with legal abortions don't seem to allow them at 28 weeks so that would not have helped in this case.




One assumes they would have taken care of it during the legal timeframe. Not relevant if they didn’t in this case.

There’s also other options still by going to other states, but the point is that by making it illegal you’re increasing the chances of it being unsafe.

But anyway, that’s as far as I’m wading into that subject here. Don’t feel like getting into politics so much as practicalities.


> One assumes they would have taken care of it during the legal timeframe. Not relevant if they didn’t in this case.

Abortion at up to 20 weeks was legal in her state at the time.


You are correct but I don’t think that invalidates the point that if you want safe abortions you need to make them legal and regulated.

I have no idea why they chose pills on the Internet but I know that more people will do it themselves if they can’t legally go to a healthcare provider.




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