The right to abortion is becoming one of the defining issues of the upcoming US presidential election. With abortion banned in 14 US states, activists from neighbouring Mexico have mobilised to distribute abortion pills to American women.
SBS On Demand At the highly policed border crossing between Mexico and California, an organised drug smuggling operation is underway. The drug in question? Abortion pills. Mexican activist Crystal waits up to four hours a day to bring the pills across the border, where they're mailed to thousands of American women in states where abortion – once a constitutional right – is now a crime. "We have different strategies for getting these packets to women.
A second group, already in the US, is responsible for delivering the pills directly to women who have requested them. Finally, a third person guides women through the abortion process via an encrypted message chat. Cruz says she's helped more than 20,000 women in the US access abortion since 2022. The mobilisation of Mexican feminist groups is leading some powerful anti-abortion lobbyists in the US to push for even harsher restrictions.
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