How people are getting around the new Texas abortion law – By Rebecca Shabad (NBC News) / Sept 25 2021
Providers have seen a surge in interest in online purchases of abortion pills since the state’s near-total ban went into effect.
WASHINGTON — K.T. Volkova got a positive pregnancy test just days before Texas’ controversial law banning most abortions took effect.
The 23-year-old, who identifies as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, was nearly six weeks pregnant and immediately knew they wanted an abortion. But Volkova was already on the cusp of the limit set by the new law, which bars in-clinic abortions after the detection of a fetal cardiac activity, or as early as six weeks.
The options to get an abortion were limited. Volkova figured it would be impossible to get the procedure done in person at a Texas clinic, flooded by others wanting abortions, before the law went into effect Sept. 1. But a busy schedule meant traveling out of state was also out of the question.
Volkova’s solution: ordering abortion pills online to end the pregnancy at home.
