One Woman’s Story Of Self-Managing Her Abortion In Ohio
1 year, 4 months ago

One Woman’s Story Of Self-Managing Her Abortion In Ohio

Huff Post  

Illustration:Jianan Liu/HuffPost One Woman’s Story Of Self-Managing Her Abortion In An Anti-Choice State Managing your own abortion is not a crime in Ohio, but a politically motivated prosecutor might believe Julia should be punished for what she did. “Once they realize that we don’t need them, they panic.” A few days prior, Julia was frantically rummaging through her closet, looking for the abortion pills she had ordered weeks earlier. “However, there is a lot of legal peril around self-managed abortion because prosecutors can use other kinds of laws and often laws that don’t even directly apply to threaten and prosecute people who are managing their own abortion.” It’s often rogue prosecutors, religious attorneys general or anti-choice lawmakers ginning up support ahead of election season who make it their mission to go after women like Julia. By Julia’s estimation, she’s just under eight weeks pregnant — a good time to be self-managing with abortion pills. “From a medical perspective I don’t have any concerns about the safety of self-managed abortion but I am concerned about the legal risks,” said Grossman, the director of ANSIRH.

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Associated Press  

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Self-induced abortions can raise medical — and legal — questions for doctors
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NPR  

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NPR  

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Associated Press  

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