In this photo illustration, a person looks at an Abortion Pill for unintended pregnancy from Mifepristone displayed on a smartphone on May 8, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.FILE: An exam table in a room where surgeries, including abortions, are performed is seen at a Planned Parenthood Health Center on July 9, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky.This Sept. 22, 2010 file photo shows bottles of the abortion-inducing drug RU-486 at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa.
She learned that she was about 13 weeks along at the time, well past the 10-week recommendation from the FDA for taking abortion pills. "I hope in the future, when I am ready, your soul will find me again. It just wasn’t our time," Monica recalled saying after the burial was complete. The Washington Post spoke with 17 people involved in the black market operation from which Monica acquired the medication used to conduct her abortion. Most spoke under the condition of anonymity, given the subject matter.
The nurse, who works at an abortion clinic in the U.S., allegedly instructed 20 women on how to acquire the pills. She even shipped pills to some women who were too afraid to do so themselves.