An "abortion boat" floating in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico has been pitched as a safe alternative for women in a post-Roe v. Wade America.
He was driven to his latest venture following the Supreme Court's June decision to reverse Roe, a ruling that has led to abortion bans across the country.Unsurprisingly, women have been forced to go to extreme lengths to obtain a procedure since the ban went into effect.Abort Offshore has two boats and conducts as many procedures per week as possible, Kimbro said.
"We respond back with a recommendation to use [encrypted messaging app] Signal," he said."If they don't want to use Signal, we tell them to go buy a $49 burner phone to communicate with us."Getting women to the boats and back without getting either the provider or the patient detected is riddled with risk. Kimbro said he tries to make things"as confusing as possible" to get around bounty hunter laws.A patient is told to show up at a particular hotel.
If Kim or Ashley were caught, they could have been held criminally and civilly liable. Civil penalties can run as much as $100,000. Under a Texas Senate bill, anyone who helps can be sued for up to $10,000 by a private citizen. There has been speculation swirling about how Kimbro"has been able to do so much in such a short amount of time."