For more background information on obtaining abortion pills without a prescription, Plan C (which compiles options for accessing abortion drugs in every state) has a detailed description of all the options: https://www.plancpills.org/guide-how-to-get-abortion-pills#faq-getting The main options that don’t require a prescription are websites that sell pills and “community networks.” Obviously these are operating without FDA approval.
For more information on websites that sell abortion pills, CLI published a fact sheet a few years ago: https://lozierinstitute.org/fact-sheet-online-sales-of-mifeprex-and-misoprostol-for-self-abortion/ Many of these websites are now inactive and have been replaced by newcomers, but it’s still a helpful overview of how these sites operate.
This Washington Post article describes several “community networks,” with Las Libres as one of the largest examples. Volunteers obtain abortion pills (in the case of Las Libres, from Mexico) and then distribute them to women without a prescription: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/18/illegal-abortion-pill-network/
Information shared with us by Tessa Longbons of Charlotte Lozier Institute
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