The activists championing DIY abortions for a post-Roe v Wade world

If a student was found to have had an abortion, they would be expelled, because abortion was against the teaching of the Catholic church.

At the same time, the school would not accommodate a student who became pregnant.

She also saw beautiful things: friends helping friends to the abortion clinic. Teenagers taking care of teenagers, keeping grownups at bay. That solidarity led her to her current line of work.

The FDA recently allowed people to receive abortion pills by mail, without needing to first visit a medical facility. But states seeking to restrict abortion have required in-person visits or have banned abortion telehealth services outright.

Of course, some doctors worry about self-managed abortions. The abortion pill is considered safe only until 10 weeks. People can still use it effectively up to 14 weeks, but the risk of complications goes up.

Doctors worry about people estimating the wrong date of conception; that they may still be pregnant after taking the medication without realizing; or they will experience complications and end up in need of urgent help.

Rosing was trained by many doctors who practiced before Roe v Wade, the seminal supreme court decision which established the constitutional right to abortion. His mentors and teachers told him about cases involving self-managed abortion, and the gruesome complications which haunted them.

For one in five participants, not being able to locate an abortion clinic, or having to travel too far to get to one, was the reason the person attempted self-management.

Her study found that, in the event of a nationwide abortion ban, pregnancy-related deaths would increase by 21% within two years. The numbers would be worst for racial minorities. Black people would experience the greatest rate of increase in deaths (33%), followed by Hispanic people (18%).