There is also a new cottage industry begining in Texas. Since the last hours of a legal abortion after 6 weeks expired last night, illegal abortions are the new growth industry. In this age of quack cures, safety and effectiveness are out the window. Back are the pre 1967 treatments; crocodile fecal matter: according to The Kahum Papyrus, one of the earliest medical texts in history, Egyptian women used crocodile fecal matter to induce abortion and as a form of contraception herb pennyroyal: Maya Lewis wrote about herb pennyroyal in her thesis, Drink Me and Abort Your Baby: The Herbal Abortion Tea, saying, "Pennyroyal [is an essential oil that] will almost certainly kill anyone who uses it carelessly...Nausea, vomiting, fatigue, liver and kidney failure, hallucinations and seizures are all caused by pennyroyal oil overdoses — typically by young women seeking to self-induce their abortion.” insertion of leeches or cayenne pepper into the vagina swallowing gunpowder throwing oneself down the stairs hitting oneself in the stomach with a meat pulverizer consuming turpentine spending a night in the snow consuming opium consuming tansy oil using the fungus ergot the infamous hanger technique https://www.allure.com/story/history-diy-abortion-roe-wade-reproductive-rights The other method is a strong President sending observers and charging anyone denying or obstructing constitutional enacted law with fines or prison.
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