The big step backwards imposed on Friday June 24 by the Supreme Court, with the end of abortion as a constitutional right, has revived the specter of “angel makers” and clandestine practices. The judgment signed by Judge Samuel Alito caused a powerful shock in society. What seemed acquired is no longer so. “The health and lives of the women of this nation are in danger”a dit Joe Biden.
But while Americans are looking at the map of the country, more fractured than ever between blue (Democratic) and red (Republican) states, specialists in the matter are focusing on another decisive battle, which goes beyond territorial disparities: that of the abortion pills.
Judge Alito and his conservative colleagues, monopolized by their retrograde auscultation of the Constitution, in defiance of the evolution of morals and medicine, are not going to send the United States back to a pre-1973 era, on the eve of the Roe decision vs Wade. Two irreversible changes have taken place: the advent of the Internet and that of self-managed abortion, thanks to the pharmaceutical industry. The first allows to put in contact, without physical presence, a pregnant woman and a doctor. The second does not require going through a clinic. These home abortions are booming: their share in abortions increased from 37 to 54% between 2017 and 2020, estimates the Guttmacher Institute, which is a reference in this field.
Louisiana, at the forefront of regression
This new reality should limit the desperate and dangerous recourse to amateur abortion, in medical deserts and repressive States, provided that the information circulates quickly and well. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 26 states will probably ban abortion, including 13 immediately, because they already had ready-made legislation before the Supreme Court’s decision. In Louisiana, for example, the law does not provide for any exception – rape, incest – to the ban, even for minors.
Unless they can anonymously receive the abortion pills. The treatment consists of two kinds of drugs, in the United States: mifepristone, which blocks progesterone (the hormone necessary for pregnancy) and misoprostol, which causes uterine contractions. They can be taken up to ten weeks of pregnancy. Their number varies according to his progress. Their use is considered safe, complications extremely rare. Mifepristone is also used to treat miscarriages.
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The big step backwards imposed on Friday June 24 by the Supreme Court, with the end of abortion as a constitutional right, has revived the specter of “angel makers” and clandestine practices. The judgment signed by Judge Samuel Alito caused a powerful shock in society. What seemed acquired is no longer so. “The health and lives of the women of this nation are in danger”a dit Joe Biden.
But while Americans are looking at the map of the country, more fractured than ever between blue (Democratic) and red (Republican) states, specialists in the matter are focusing on another decisive battle, which goes beyond territorial disparities: that of the abortion pills.
Judge Alito and his conservative colleagues, monopolized by their retrograde auscultation of the Constitution, in defiance of the evolution of morals and medicine, are not going to send the United States back to a pre-1973 era, on the eve of the Roe decision vs Wade. Two irreversible changes have taken place: the advent of the Internet and that of self-managed abortion, thanks to the pharmaceutical industry. The first allows to put in contact, without physical presence, a pregnant woman and a doctor. The second does not require going through a clinic. These home abortions are booming: their share in abortions increased from 37 to 54% between 2017 and 2020, estimates the Guttmacher Institute, which is a reference in this field.
Louisiana, at the forefront of regression
This new reality should limit the desperate and dangerous recourse to amateur abortion, in medical deserts and repressive States, provided that the information circulates quickly and well. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 26 states will probably ban abortion, including 13 immediately, because they already had ready-made legislation before the Supreme Court’s decision. In Louisiana, for example, the law does not provide for any exception – rape, incest – to the ban, even for minors.
Unless they can anonymously receive the abortion pills. The treatment consists of two kinds of drugs, in the United States: mifepristone, which blocks progesterone (the hormone necessary for pregnancy) and misoprostol, which causes uterine contractions. They can be taken up to ten weeks of pregnancy. Their number varies according to his progress. Their use is considered safe, complications extremely rare. Mifepristone is also used to treat miscarriages.
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