Carter Sherman

And she said, quote, we're two countries and that's happening more in the other one.

Right.

We now live in a country where about a dozen states ban virtually all abortions.

And for the people who live in those states, oftentimes their only way to end their pregnancies to get an abortion is to get mifepristone through the mail.

To that end, I recently spoke with someone who is on the front lines of this issue.

Her name is Dr. Angel Foster, and she is an abortion provider who mails abortion pills to people throughout the country, including people who live in states with abortion bans.

I spoke to her about what the last few weeks have been like for her and the women her practice treats.

But the thing hanging over our entire conversation is that I think the recent Supreme Court case indicates that the anti-abortion movement already has the tool that it needs to ban abortion.

And when I say ban abortion, I don't just mean abortion through the mail.

I don't just mean Miffy Pristone.

I mean that the anti-abortion movement may already have the tool to ban abortion nationwide for everyone under virtually all circumstances.

So if you are a person who supports abortion rights, and most Americans are, you really need to pay attention to what is happening with abortion pills.

Dr. Angel Foster, thank you so much for joining us on Stateside.

It's nice to speak with you.

You run the Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project, or the MAP.

And I think since the overturning of Roe, the MAP has probably become one of the biggest abortion providers in the country.

I actually visited you guys, as you might remember, several months ago and watched volunteers pack pills, put together packages to send to patients.

And I'm wondering how many abortions is the map facilitating each month at this point?

It's been a long few weeks for you.

On May 1st, the Fifth Circuit ruled that abortion providers could no longer mail Mifepristone after Louisiana sued over access to that common abortion pill.