Texas Abortion Ruling Could Lure Women To Mexico Fox News Latino
go to original July 18, 2013

As a result of recent Texas legislation restricting abortion practices, more Texas women might turn to a shady miscarriage-inducing pill that is widely available across the Rio Grande border.

Misoprostol, locally coined as the pill “that brings a woman’s period back,” can easily be found at pharmacies immediately beyond the Texas-Mexico border, as well as under the rug at some Texas flea markets.

The generic box of 28 pills is only $35, while the brand Cytotec can be had for $175 — an abortion procedure in the U.S. typically costs around $400.

“The women see it as ‘a pill to make my period come,’” Whole Woman’s Health Vice President Andrea Ferrigno told The New York Times. “Often in their minds, it’s not abortion.”

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