Maybe with a visiting medical professional to do the checkup and deliver the medication. They could remain on-call attending others nearby so the woman can can if anything off the norm happens. Give incentives/tuition subsidy to med students for volunteering x hours per semester in the program?

Child care, if necessary, could be provided by the sister program that has volunteer properly-screened caregivers so that the adults in the community can get medical attention.

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Not a lot of people have those privileges or the ability to understand medical jargon. And unfortunately there are many doctors that do not explain with detail what does the patient has, what are they gonna do to solve it, and how the medication works in their bodies. Which would make the patient understand what secondary effects they might have and why they might have it.

Additionally, physiology is fucking complex and some part of the population has no use for the amount of excruciating detail it takes to properly explain what is going on.

I know, kind of rambly of me but that's what I got so far :/

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Sorry for the harsh tone, but you wouldn't take herbs that affected your heart that way--why do you mess around with your uterus?

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But, maybe you're missing a key point. You don't have to be a fan, but you sure as shit should hope we all have proper access to them, as opposed to when my mother, 45 years ago. She was sent to a doctor with a coat hanger.

TRUE FUCKING STORY.

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I am also, however, disappointed abortion did not make the play-offs.

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@meetballz: Then, as the bumper sticker says, don't have one! Work to support paid family leave, comprehensive sex education, work to de-stigmatize birth control methods, etc. Don't be a pig-headed jerk who just says "abrotions are bad, mmkay" and then does nothing to make the alternatives more feasable or workable.

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When I was raped in the Bible Belt as a high schooler, I had NO ONE to turn to. I still think my miscarriage was a gift from God/Goddess. I hope you are never put in that situation.

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I'm glad to read earlier in these comments that some areas of NY do allow for medicaid to help cover the cost. That's unheard of here in TX, or most other states I would assume.

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As far as guilt goes, the idea of telling my mom is what kills me. She would probably pray for me. Sigh.

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Which also makes me wonder what the cost of these drugs are compared to RU-486. It may be a cheaper option.

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Another story about the social stigma of birth control and abortion: A friend of the family worked in Saudi Arabia for a while, as a teacher. Once, she decided to have a debate. This is not a concept Saudi women understand, apparently. So, M. decides, what to debate about: What if you could choose how many children you could have?

The women stare and you can just see "HARAM! HARAM!" flash across their foreheads. "We cannot decide! It is our husbands' decision!"

"Well, how many siblings do you have?"

The answers range from ten to twenty, and the discussion carries on, with the women absolutely horrified about the notion of someone suggesting they choose how many children they could have or use birth control. Until one woman, who sat silently in the back, says, "I would have two."

The others turn around and, again "HARAM!" and the whispers start. M. says, "Aha. And can you tell me why?"

"I miss my father." Silence. "I am one of sixteen children. When my father comes home, the others run faster than I. I never get to see him, and I miss him. I would spare my children this." (You could literally see light bulbs flash on above the class' heads at this point.)

My family is, thank God, liberal. My mom even worked for Planned Parenthood when she was fresh out of medical school! I would weep if I had been raised in such a society.

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