How do you protect yourself if you’re ordering abortion medication online? How do you do it safely? These are very important questions.
Because republican politicians think they are doctors along with their white evangelical christian nationalist backers, these are the steps you need to do to protect yourself.
Here are some tips to cover your digital tracks from a Washington Post article. Side note: If you can’t read the article because of popups or a paywall, install the Chrome extension “Disable Javascript” on a desktop or laptop computer and turn it on. Then you should be able to read the article.
But, the most important thing you can do is, DO NOT TELL ANYONE. Unless you absolutely have to and you trust them 1,000%. This is so important.
The way people get arrested and charged for having an abortion is by people they know turning them in. Ex-partners, partners who become ex-partners, mothers-in-law, etc. That is how people get arrested.
If someone turns you in, that’s when a lawyer can get a warrant for your digital information. So again, DO NOT TELL ANYONE. Unless you absolutely have to.
If you take abortion medication and visit a doctor afterward, no one will be able to tell that you’ve taken abortion medication. It is medically indistinguishable from a miscarriage. Again, DO NOT TELL ANYONE.
No matter where you live, order your medication now whether you’re pregnant or not. If you don’t need it now, you should have it available.
You can order from places like AidAccess, Hey Jane, or Plan C.
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