i have a sister who is 26 and a boyfriend who is 18..and i live in pennsylvania and it says that you must have a parent/guardian if you are a minor..please help me, i need to know how i can get this pill without my parents ever knowingHow and where can you get an abortion pill without your parenting ever knowing?
First let me say I am sorry for the situation you are in. We must repeal abortion laws and work to make abortion services universally accessible to all no matter a woman's age or financial resources.
If you need free counseling while you are making your decision (they respect your decision whatever it is):
http://www.yourbackline.org
There is funding available - either through donations to clinics or low (or no) interest loans for a clinical abortion. Going to a clinic is safer and more effective than attempting self-induced abortion. For funding information in the USA:
http://www.nnaf.org/help.html
Each state has different laws governing abortion notification or consent of parents - the supreme court ruled that for a state to have a parental notification or consent law then the state must have an option for judicial bypass if the minor does not wish to inform her parents. A clinic like Planned Parenthood can help advise and walk through the steps of getting a judicial bypass. For information on the state law on parental notification see the monthly Guttmacher pdf Parental Involvement in Minors' Abortions (Google for the latest, this one is April 2009):
http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/sp鈥?/a>
If you are underage in the United States and are looking at self-induced abortion because of fear of parental notification 鈥?there are organizations set up to assist you.
Contact your local National Organization of Women chapter
http://www.now.org
or your local Unitarian Church minister
http://www.uua.org
and ask about Operation Overground - a service to help transport and provide accommodation for women who must travel across states to obtain clinical abortion services. When you travel to another state without parental notification laws - you do not need to obtain permission or notification.
If you are still looking at self-induced abortion, the best information is available in a book called Natural Liberty: Rediscovering Self-Induced Abortion Methods by Sage-femme Collective. ISBN 9780964592001 available at Amazon.com. This book details self-induced abortion methods, dosages and potential risks of medical abortion, menstrual extraction, herbal abortion, massage, etc. Free excerpts from the book are available at their website:
http://www.sagefemmetoday.com
and they have some information in FAQs regarding cautions regarding online ordering of medical abortion pharmaceuticals.
Also, detailed how-to information on medical abortion - the safest and most effective method of self-induced abortion is available at womenonwaves.org
However, Womenonwaves and Womenonweb's service is for areas where abortion is illegal - so they will not ship medical abortion pharmaceuticals to the United States.
There are several websites that offer the medical abortion pharmaceuticals online for sale, however many of them are suspect or proven to take your money, but not send the pills or send pills that do not contain the medical abortion medicines mifepristone and misoprostol.
For a list of bogus scam medical abortion sites and studies of online companies:
http://www.womenonwaves.org/article-445-鈥?/a>
Misoprostol is reputed to be easier to obtain, and still has a high rate of effectiveness (approximately 80% effective when used alone).
Women on Waves advice regarding how to obtain misoprostol:
';The brand names for Misoprostol are Cytotec and Arthrotec and Oxaprost or Cyprostol , Prostokos or Misotrol. Sometimes it is sold over the counter without a prescription. Sometimes a prescription is asked. It is less likely that one would need a prescription for Arthrotec.
Misoprostol is used prevents gastric ulcers
'''Cytotec and Cyprostol and Mibetec or Misotrol', Prostokos'' are brand names for Misoprostol.
Arthrotec and Oxaprost contains Misoprostol and a painkiller called Diclofenac, It is used for pain in the joints, or arthritis. Arthrotec is generally more expensive than Cytotec.
- Cytotec (200碌g Misoprostol)
- Cyprostol
- Misotrol
- Mibetec
- Gymiso (200碌g Misoprostol)
- Prostokos (25碌g Misoprostol)
- Vagiprost (25碌g Misoprostol)
- Arthrotec 50 or 75 (200碌g Misoprostol)
- Oxaprost 50 or 75 (200碌g Misoprostol)
To obtain one these medicines, one could for example say that your grandmother has rheumatoid arthritis so severely she can not go to the pharmacy herself, and that you do not have money to pay for a doctor to get the prescriptions for the tablets.
If there are problems to get the medicines in one pharmacy, try another pharmacy, or a male friend or partner might have fewer problems obtaining them. Or, perhaps you can find a doctor willing to prescribe them. Usually one can expect more luck at the smaller pharmacies that do not belong to a chain.
Sometimes Cytotec can also be bought on the black market (places where you can also buy Marijuana). However try to make sure that is really is Misoprostol and not fake or some other medicine!
The woman should buy at least 12 pills of 200 mcg Misoprostol. One pill of Cytotec or Arthrotec should contain 200 micrograms of Misoprostol. Look for the dosage of Misoprostol on the package, usually the tablets contain 200 mcg but other dosages do excist. If the pills do not contain 200 micrograms of Misoprostol, recalculate the number of pills so that the same total amount of Misoprostol is used. ';
For some current sources of medical abortion pharmaceuticals read the comments on the Mother Jones article ';Mail-Order abortion (but be wary of sources reputed to be scams):
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006鈥?/a>
Also, look at the Topix forum titled ';Cytotec, Misoprostol';:
http://www.topix.com/forum/drug/cytotec
And finally, for counseling after your abortion:
http://www.4exhale.org
I hope this is helpful for you and that you follow your heart, reach out for support, and take care of yourself during this vulnerable time.
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