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Seven American states have already banned abortion since the decision rendered by the Supreme Court on Friday, June 24. Some women then decide to go buy an abortion pill in Mexico.
It is a decision that has been strongly criticized, the American Supreme Court has left the States free to ban abortion or not, seven of them have already prohibited it. So women who wish when same have an abortion, drive to Mexico to buy pills abortifacients. Without a prescription and low pricesthis pill in self-service is a solution for many American women. For three months, American women are three times more numerous in these Mexican pharmacies.
While the drug is not normally used to facilitate abortion, Mexican pharmacists who sell it know that his use can be diverted: “normally, this generic is for ulcers, that’s why we’re supposed to sell it, but we know that there are women who misuse its use to abort”says a pharmacist. Mexican feminist associations also help American women by providing medicine.
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