By Ryan Fatica
Tucson, Arizona – In the wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision ending federal protection for abortion access, some people across the country are scrambling to find solutions to the crisis of forced pregnancy and the end of nationwide legal reproductive freedom. This crisis is even more profound in the half of states where abortion is or will likely soon be illegal.
In Arizona, where a law will go into effect in September banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy and where many abortion providers have already stopped providing abortion services, a group of people are responding to the issue directly.
“We are just everyday folks who decided to learn about abortion and reproductive autonomy and wanted to share what we learned with everyone else,” said Andie, a member of the Hysteria Study Collective.
In July, the collective led two “Self-Managed Abortion” workshops in Tucson intended to help participants “learn to be safer in a post-Roe v. Wade world.” The workshops included an update on current abortion law, digital security best practices for seeking abortion resources amidst surveillance, and instruction on managing a medication abortion at home.
Unicorn Riot covered one of the workshops, which you can check out in full below. (A note to our audience: Our coverage is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to substitute professional medical or legal advice.)
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