Carter Sherman

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.

On May 4th, the Supreme Court stayed that ruling preserving access to Mifepristone, but that kicked off more than a week of uncertainty about the pill's future.

We are speaking the day after the Supreme Court issued a decision that preserved the status quo and preserves access to mail-order Mifepristone.

But this is definitely not the end of the case.

I'm wondering, what have those last few weeks been like for you?

It sounds like you had to mitigate all this confusion.

There was a lot of damage control you were trying to get done.

But I feel like folks might hear what had happened and think, okay, why don't people just take misoprostol?

Why is it a big deal to switch from a mifepristone plus misoprostol regimen to the misoprostol-only protocol?

It sounds like if you're saying that a misoprostol-only abortion is associated with more side effects, more nausea, more cramping, more bleeding, it does sound like those are abortions that cause individuals more suffering.

It feels like a punishment for people.