I am not sure if I am posting this in the right comm. I thought mutual aid might be better, but I don't want to distract from comrades who need material aid...so shoo me away if I am in the wrong place.

An old friend of mine has recently found out that she is in the early stages of pregnancy, and, living in Texas, she does not have access to abortion. I told her she would have to go to a state that actually offers the procedure, but I am not sure what all of that would entail, or how she should go about keeping this information away from Texas official who would punish her for it.

Does anyone here know anything about getting around the states' abortion laws that aren't insanely dangerous?

Thanks, all.

  • Dimmer06 [he/him,comrade/them]
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    2 months ago

    IANAL nor do I know the specifics of Texas's laws but I would encourage her to only communicate about it over encrypted channels whose designers will not comply with Texas' laws and delete any communications about it that are not encrypted. She should do her research on where to go with a VPN. She should make sure her phone or any other device is not tracking her location. She should tell nobody and lie to anyone she needs to provide a justification to. She should pay in cash for as much as possible. If they'll need her medical records she should have them printed off and deliver them herself. Afterwards she should destroy all physical and digital evidence that she can. She should also never talk to law enforcement without her lawyer present.

    My guess is that they aren't actively hunting people who leave the state for reproductive care but if she does all that it would awfully hard to convict her even if they were aggressive about it.