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Mexican abortion-pill networks reach across U.S. border to help immigrants without access

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Vanessa Jiménez runs an abortion pill network called Necesito Abortar from her home in Monterrey, Mexico. Jiménez has an informal network of family and friends who take pills into the United States during visits over the border. In September 2021, the Mexican Supreme Court issued a surprise ruling that abortion was no longer a crime. That same month across the border in the U.S., Texas instituted a so-called “fetal heartbeat bill” that effectively outlawed abortion. (Photo by April Pierdant/News21)

Mexican abortion-pill networks reach across U.S. border to help immigrants without access

MONTERREY, Mexico – Verónica Cruz Sánchez watched something remarkable happen from the office of her women’s rights organization in Guanajuato, the capital city of one of this country’s most conservative Catholic...

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