U.S. customers started deluging Mexican border pharmacies after Texas passed an anti-abortion law last fall. | via NPR
One of two abortion drugs available without a prescription in some Mexican drugstores.
You can buy many medications in Mexican pharmacies without a prescription, including the pills that have transformed the way women are ending pregnancies. Today,of all abortions in the United States are achieved by what's called a medication abortion, as opposed to a traditional surgical abortion. Garza says the two-pill combination — along with his consultation about how to use them — is $400."And I know they'll get more expensive with all the girls coming in to buy 'em," he says. But Gaza is not a doctor or a pharmacist. When asked where he gets his medical information, he says with a chuckle,"A doctor told me."
A 9-month-old Texas law — considered the nation's most restrictive — all but outlaws abortion as soon as the fetal heartbeat is detected, usually at six weeks. There is no exception for rape or incest. Abortion rights advocates say this is especially relevant on the border where undocumented women are often sexually assaulted on their journey north. An undocumented woman who becomes pregnant cannot travel beyond the Border Patrol checkpoints on highways leading out of the Rio Grande Valley.
Or she can drive a half-hour to the border and visit a Mexican pharmacy. This is no different than an American bringing Viagra or Xanax purchased in Mexico back across the border.and other organizations have posted detailed information online about how to take abortion pills and what to expect. But some unsophisticated customers may rely on a Mexican pharmacy for their information.
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