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Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)
Tue May 10, 2022, 05:19 PM May 2022

interesting. the Abortion drug is the new method of illegal abortions. Knowledge will be the key

BOGOTA, Colombia — As some U.S. states place more restrictions on abortion and Americans brace for the possibility that the Supreme Court will soon overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing the procedure, several Latin American countries have moved in the opposite direction.

The latest nation to do so was Colombia. On Feb. 21, Colombia's Constitutional Court legalized abortion during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy.

"Colombia now is the country with the most progressive abortion laws in Latin America and the Caribbean," says Mariana Ardila, managing attorney in Colombia for the rights group Women's Link Worldwide. In the Americas, she added, only Canada has more liberal abortion regulations than Colombia.

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Prior to the court decision, most Colombian women seeking to prematurely end their pregnancies took the drug Misoprostol, often prescribed for stomach ailments, which was a relatively safe way to induce abortions even though doing so remained illegal, says Dr. Gil, the gynecologist. But others, some of whom didn't know about Misoprostol, resorted to riskier, clandestine medical procedures.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/05/10/1097570784/colombia-legalized-abortions-for-the-first-24-weeks-of-pregnancy-a-backlash-ensu

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interesting. the Abortion drug is the new method of illegal abortions. Knowledge will be the key (Original Post) Demovictory9 May 2022 OP
So, will RU486 become the next "trafficked cocaine" across the border? hlthe2b May 2022 #1
it will be trafficked from blue states to red states Demovictory9 May 2022 #2
For the time being, yes. hlthe2b May 2022 #3

hlthe2b

(113,973 posts)
1. So, will RU486 become the next "trafficked cocaine" across the border?
Tue May 10, 2022, 05:23 PM
May 2022

Only half way kidding.

hlthe2b

(113,973 posts)
3. For the time being, yes.
Tue May 10, 2022, 05:29 PM
May 2022

Interstate commerce constitutional protections should ensure that for the short term, but this is uncharted territory as these a'holes try to prevent abortion at all costs--even violating Article 13 of the constitution protecting free movement between states.

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