It Takes 30 Seconds To Order Abortion Pills In A State Where They’re Illegal

Type “Where to buy abortion pills” into the Google search bar, and in .28 seconds, 2.4 million results appear. Factor in that over 310 million Americans have smartphones, with 53 percent of children possessing one, and this black market in plain sight places women, minors, and preborn children in serious peril.  

Picking up these pills is as easy as online shopping. While the consequences of an online shopping spree may result in a bruised bank account, these drugs hold almost irreversible consequences, starving preborn children in utero to later be expelled and flushed down the toilet. Not to mention, these pills can cause life-threatening injuries, infertility, severe mental health struggles, and even death for women — as a new groundbreaking study from the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) has demonstrated. For an industry that proclaims to care about women, the measures to protect them are nonexistent.  

When I tried searching for these pills online, a website called “Plan C,” popped up first, the Amazon of abortion pill stores. Into the site’s search bar, I typed “North Carolina,” which allows abortions up to three months, but I could’ve typed any state, like Arkansas, which almost completely restricts abortion, or even Florida. It didn’t matter. Plan C proudly boasts it can help users obtain “pills by mail in every state.”

Even though Plan C explained that North Carolina only allows in-person abortion, it presented other “promising” options — if one wants to take the legal risk.   

I could’ve purchased the drugs online through international or stateside abortion facilities or online vendors. Don’t want to go through a medical provider? No problem, according to Plan C. Skip the medical consultation and ID requirements and get pills from “community members.” Are you a minor? Despite the “legal risks,” they still provide drugs for children without parental consent.  

Scroll down further, and they display different online options, including ABuzz, Cambridge Reproductive Health Consultants, Aid Access, We Take Care of Us, and A Safe Choice.  

Aid Access, the abortion media’s favorite online pill pusher, started the online questionnaire by asking if I needed the pills for an abortion or as birth control.  

Anyone with an internet connection can “play the game” and pretend they need pills for an abortion or birth control. The site’s loose standards didn’t require any proof of ultrasound or pregnancy test. It would easily accept my lie about pregnancy verification, how many weeks along I was, and the verification of my identification. 

This means abusers can easily order pills, or women can lie about how far along they are in pregnancy, increasing the medical risks and endangering their preborn children. 

To make matters even worse, I claimed to be a minor to test their claim of serving “all ages.” They offered resources while making me (pretending to be a minor) “pinky promise” that I looked at all the resources available, and nobody forced me to abort my baby.  

It only took 30 seconds to fill out the questionnaire. The patient agreement outlined all the risks but, oddly, I didn’t see any mention of going to the Emergency Room if there were any complications.  

The study released by the EPPC this week found that risks associated with chemical abortion pills are much higher than previously thought and should put the FDA to shame. Since the Biden-Harris FDA loosened abortion pill restrictions with their “No Test Online Distribution,” online pill traffickers sell these dangerous drugs with extensive risk to the women and children who buy them. The EPPC study noted, “The real-world rate of serious adverse events following mifepristone abortions is at least 22 times as high as the summary figure of ‘less than 0.5 percent’” that the FDA claims. Out of EPPC’s 865,727 sample size of those prescribed chemical abortion pills, that’s nearly 11 percent of women taking the pill who end up seriously harmed.  

If I clicked the final button, chemical abortion pills would be at my doorstep in days.  

And therein lies the problem. Industries require safety standards for a reason: the automotive industry installs seatbelts, brakes, and doors in cars, and the government requires driver’s licenses for vehicles. While it’s less “accessible,” it’s far safer.  

In the case of abortion pills, the car isn’t even worth driving. Every day, women and children ingest these deadly drugs with no supervision, and sexual abusers can lie and order these pills online. Over 63 percent of abortions take place through abortion pills. Since the United States requires no National Abortion Reporting Law, the number of deaths could be higher.

The EPPC’s breakthrough findings solidify what the pro-life movement already knows: these pills kill and harm women. The findings prove the pro-life movement told the truth about risks to women the entire time. The day has come to shut down the online pill market.  

Jordan Butler graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a communications degree specializing in public relations. As a Students for Life of America (SFLA) Press Specialist and Online Editor, her responsibilities include writing op-eds, editing and producing content, and mentoring students in effectively communicating their pro-life stories.