Some women living in countries where abortion is restricted are using the Internet to purchase the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol to induce abortion, according to a review published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, BBC News reports (Dreaper, BBC News, 7/11). The drugs are available via the Web site, Women on Web. The Web site, which describes itself as "a digital community of women who have had abortions and individuals and organizations that support abortion rights," states its goal as helping women to "gain access to a safe abortion with pills in order to reduce the number of deaths due to unsafe abortions."
The Web has been translated into five languages and women in more than 70 countries have used it to purchase drugs for 55 British pounds, or about $110, the PA/Independent reports. Women on Web sends the drugs only to countries where abortion is heavily restricted and only to women who declare they are less than nine weeks pregnant (Watson, PA/Independent, 7/11).
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