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more about #mifepristone more comments → booboolee: It would be nice if there was a traveling AbortionMobile that would deliver the needed meds in the guise of a friend visiting, who would then walk you... more » Green Goth Brit Chick - AlternatEve: I'm really, REALLY damn lucky in some respects. I've mentioned before my father's family is southern Irish Catholic, Dad included. Yet I've always kno... more » jellybird: Just out of curiosity, why are so many people resentful of having an intermediary for medicine? I ask because I don't have that sentiment at all and i... more » Brigit: *sight* This is also very common in Puerto Rico for the same reasons. I know girls that have done it, or tried weird things like hot malta with some O... more » zegota: Is her middle name really 8? That's super awesome. more » morninggloria: I wish I could respond to comments, but I cannot today, so for everyone who responded to my original comment, you're right- most medicine requires an ... more » lisomiso: I don't know, I'm torn on this issue. Not the issue that abortion should be safe, legal, and rare, AND destigmatized. But (and I'm having trouble arti... more » meetballz: I'm not really a fan of abortion. more » llamalash★: There are a lot of risks to self-induced abortions. They've been going on since the beginning of time. It would be wonderful if we lived in a society ... more » PilgrimSoul: Last year my lovely, blond-haired, blue-eyed, all-American friend had to get a late-ish abortion for medical reasons. She ended up having to go to Jer... more » IvyLeagueMetalhead: Let me take a stab at this. I was brought up in a repressive, religious household where guilt and punishment were always front and center, so I know a... more » JinxyMcDeath: Anything that is rough that it will detach a fetus from a woman, is rough enough to make my bleed to death...which is why doctors MUST be involved. Cl... more » Sapphir3blu3: It makes me itchy that they quoted some O.B. as saying that he can see why some women do this because they want a "more private" abortion experience. ... more » Glitterbug (likes life shaken, not stirred): It's sad they feel so ashamed of this - the lives of so many millions of people would be immeasurably improved if we could just get rid of social and ... more » LaComtesse: Wooo! Washington Heights, my beloved neighborhood. FIRST you were rated the loudest neighborhood in Manhattan and now you're #1 in underground abortions. more » -
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NYC Women Ride The Underground Abortion Railroad
Cara Buckley and Jennifer 8. Lee of the New York Times delved into the still-existant world of underground abortions this weekend, focusing on New York City's tight-knit and Catholic Dominican community.
