FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A generation ago, women desperate for abortion might have used a coat hanger, but in contemporary Florida, they are likely to turn to pills.
Pills that induce cramping and bleeding to empty the uterus — known as medication abortion — are legal in the state up until the 11th week of pregnancy.
But now that Florida has banned abortion after 15 weeks, women who want to end a pregnancy in their second trimester and don’t have the resources to travel may turn to these medications long past the time they are considered safe.
