{"id":167162,"date":"2017-06-07T14:19:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T18:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=167162"},"modified":"2017-06-07T12:19:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T16:19:45","slug":"glamour-promotes-dangerous-at-home-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/glamour-promotes-dangerous-at-home-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Glamour promotes dangerous at-home abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We used to hear the fear mongering (but false<\/a>) narrative that without legal abortion, women would be forced to turn to back alley, illegal, dangerous abortions, which nobody wanted.<\/p>\n

We’ve also heard the mantra that abortion should be “safe, legal, and rare.” Today, the idea of “rare” no longer exists for the abortion movement. Abortion is never safe for the child, and can be dangerous for the mother, physically and psychologically<\/a>. However, it is still unfortunately\u00a0legal in America,\u00a0as the United States has some of the most relaxed abortion laws in the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And yet, the legality of abortion in the United States isn’t enough for some proponents.<\/p>\n

Glamour, a\u00a0pro-abortion<\/a> and pro-Planned Parenthood<\/a>\u00a0magazine,\u00a0took abortion advocacy to a new level in two articles from late last month.\u00a0In reporting on Glamour’s articles,\u00a0The Federalist’s<\/a>\u00a0Margot Cleveland came up with a more fitting mantra: “Unsafe, illegal, DIY.”<\/p>\n

“A New Online Service Aims to Help Women Self-Manage Abortion,” the first<\/a>, by extreme abortion advocate\u00a0Steph Herold, gushes. The article begins by slamming the nation’s trend of pro-life laws. “In an environment that’s becoming increasingly hostile to science and facts, accurate medical information itself has become politicized,” Herold writes, unironically. She closes her article by writing, again, about science. “But we know that when it comes to abortion legislation, science is rarely a consideration.” Huh. When science tells us life begins at conception<\/a>, it’s hard to take Herold very seriously.
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Thus her push for Women Help Women,\u00a0which promotes and provides information on how to perform self-induced abortions<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As rosy as the piece is, it leaves behind a grim reality. Herold writes that the service used to acquire medication abortion pills is one, with added emphasis, “that provides information and resources specifically about obtaining and using mifepristone and misoprostol, which the law usually requires are prescribed by a licensed health care professional.<\/em>” Is\u00a0the website therefore flaunting the law? And is Glamour promoting law-breaking for the sake of an easier abortion?<\/span><\/p>\n

Herold continues:<\/p>\n

Because of legal restrictions in the United States, the organization can\u2019t provide the pills directly, but\u2014once the counselors have the information they need\u2014it can refer the visitor to organizations like abortion funds if she needs financial help, or a nearby clinic if she wants to have an in-clinic abortion. It can also provide instructions on how to self-manage an abortion if she has the abortion pills already.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If this is the case, what need is there for the website to begin with? And, even if this is the case, does it truly settle the question of legal concerns? The website itself leaves even more questions, when answering<\/a>\u00a0“How can I find abortion pills?” Suggestions include:<\/p>\n