An Introduction to Abortion with Pills
Illustration by Carla Camoglio
On this episode, Davi talks to us about medication abortion, which is the process of ending a pregnancy using pills. You’ll learn about what mifepristone and misoprostol do to your body, what type of side effects to expect, and what complications to look out for. We talk about self managing an abortion, and how it’s removing gatekeepers and bringing abortion back to people’s own hands.
Davi Lopez Green (she/her) is an abortion doula from the USA, currently living in Mexico City. Davi’s background is primarily in community studies with a focus in health care inequalities; analysing how race, class and gender dynamics play an important role in every aspect of society, including healthcare. She has been an abortion doula for 7 years working primarily in self-managed medical abortion. She is interested in exploring the ways in which abortion stigma shows up in our own movements and organistions and how that affects people accessing abortion services.
Resources:
Self Managed Abortion Podcast
How to use Abortion Pill: is an online community that works to share facts and resources about the abortion pill - what to consider beforehand, where to acquire quality abortion pills, how to use them safely, what to expect, and when to seek medical help if necessary.
Women Help Women: a feminist organisation working on improving abortion access
Euki app: an app that provides accurate, complete, and unbiased information about sexual and reproductive health (SRH)
Plan C: an educational resource for learning about how people in the US are accessing abortion pills and safely managing their own abortions
Gynuity: a research organisation that aims to make reproductive health technologies more convenient, more acceptable, safer, and more widely accessible
