I love people who have abortions and I will always make sure we care for us. We keep us safe and knowledgeable about abortion as we have for thousands of years. “I feel so lucky that, when I was 19, my Abortion Care Network clinic was 10 minutes from my home, and the Orthodox Jewish nurse who held my hand did so because her faith called her to. But that almost wasn’t my story. Shortly before my appointment, I didn’t know if I could hold on. I didn’t think I could be pregnant for another moment. I hoped it would all go away. When it didn’t, every day I considered throwing myself down the stairs as I had seen in movies and history books. One night, I drank an unsafe amount of alcohol, believing it would cause a miscarriage. It didn’t. Thankfully, I went to my appointment and received my abortion—that was when it was legal in every state. Now it is not, and I know some will try the methods I did. I want them to know that there are safe ways to self-manage their abortions according to the World Health Organization. It’s one mifepristone pill followed by four misoprostol pills dissolved under the tongue 24-48 hours later, or a series of 12 misoprostol pills, four at a time dissolved under the tongue every three hours. There’s no way to test it in the bloodstream and a person doesn’t need to tell police what they took. I share that to exercise my right to free speech because there are organizations and legislators who want to make what I just said a crime. Everyone loves someone who needs abortions.” #AbortionPills #SelfManagedAbortion