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'Abortomat': Activists create anonymous abortion pill lockers in Poland
Abortion activists in Poland have launched an abortion pill "delivery locker" meant to make abortion easier to access in one of Europe's most pro-life nations... with no medical supervision.
An abortion pill locker, known as an 'abortomat,' now sits in an abortion center across from Parliament in Warsaw.
A person who contacts the Women Help Women foundation can obtain a six-digit pin code to open one of the lockers and access the pills.
Though most preborn children are protected from abortion in Poland, there are no legal consequences for women who commit their own abortions with abortion pills.
The device — called an 'abortomat' — is the brainchild of the Women Help Women (WHW) foundation and the Abortion Dream Team (ADT), a Polish activist group.
According to Notes from Poland, the abortomat contains 22 numbered lockers and a numeric keypad. Chemical abortion pills are inside each locker. A person who contacts WHW for a six-digit pin code can open one of the lockers and access the pills.
“The abortomat transforms a closely guarded, criminalised procedure into something as simple as picking up a package,” wrote ADT. “A door that opens when all others have slammed shut.”
The device is located in Warsaw, across the street from Parliament, in the abortion pill center run by ADT.
Kinga Jelinski, director of WHW, likened the device to parcel lockers, which are popular in the nation.
“Parcel lockers are everywhere in Poland – people joke about our ‘paczkoza’, our obsession with them," she told Balkan Insight. “So why not use that same technology for abortion pills, where getting them to someone faster can actually matter?”
Polish law protects nearly all preborn children from abortion, but there's a loophole that prohibits women from conviction if they carry out their own abortion with abortion pills.
Abortion activist Justyna Wydrzyńska, who was previously charged with illegally providing abortion pills, used this loophole to justify the abortomat, because it eliminates a person from illegally providing the pills.
“The abortomat is not a human being, and the person collecting the pills, in accordance with the regulations, is not breaking the law,” said Wydrzyńska, according to Wirtualna Polska.
One of the device's selling points is that it allows women (or perhaps men, too) to access the abortion pill anonymously. This means there is no medical or physician oversight for a woman when she undergoes a DIY abortion at home, on her own.
This matters, as the abortion pill comes with serious risks:
One study found that the abortion pill is four times more dangerous than a first trimester surgical abortion.
Research from Ireland also showed that 12% of women report to the ER for infection or bleeding after taking the abortion pill.
In addition, one report states that "removing the in-person dispensing requirement for the abortion pill puts women at increased risk of serious adverse events — an estimate of 13.50 percentage points higher than for in-person dispensing."
In an analysis of insurance data, researchers found reportedly found a 22 times higher event rate of "serious adverse events" (complications) than the rate currently held by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These complications included hemorrhaging, infection, sepsis, transfusions, hospitalization, and more.
The ability for the abortion pill to be accessed anonymously also makes it easier for predatory men to secure the chemicals to trick, coerce, or force women into abortions these women don't want.
This has happened frequently, as the abortion pill has become more readily available around the globe.
Pregnant women need tangible support and encouragement that tells them, 'You can do this' — not an easier ability to kill their preborn children while risking their lives in the process.
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'Abortomat': Activists create anonymous abortion pill lockers in Poland
Abortion activists in Poland have launched an abortion pill "delivery locker" meant to make abortion easier to access in one of Europe's most pro-life nations... with no medical supervision.
An abortion pill locker, known as an 'abortomat,' now sits in an abortion center across from Parliament in Warsaw.
A person who contacts the Women Help Women foundation can obtain a six-digit pin code to open one of the lockers and access the pills.
Though most preborn children are protected from abortion in Poland, there are no legal consequences for women who commit their own abortions with abortion pills.
The device — called an 'abortomat' — is the brainchild of the Women Help Women (WHW) foundation and the Abortion Dream Team (ADT), a Polish activist group.
According to Notes from Poland, the abortomat contains 22 numbered lockers and a numeric keypad. Chemical abortion pills are inside each locker. A person who contacts WHW for a six-digit pin code can open one of the lockers and access the pills.
“The abortomat transforms a closely guarded, criminalised procedure into something as simple as picking up a package,” wrote ADT. “A door that opens when all others have slammed shut.”
The device is located in Warsaw, across the street from Parliament, in the abortion pill center run by ADT.
Kinga Jelinski, director of WHW, likened the device to parcel lockers, which are popular in the nation.
“Parcel lockers are everywhere in Poland – people joke about our ‘paczkoza’, our obsession with them," she told Balkan Insight. “So why not use that same technology for abortion pills, where getting them to someone faster can actually matter?”
Polish law protects nearly all preborn children from abortion, but there's a loophole that prohibits women from conviction if they carry out their own abortion with abortion pills.
Abortion activist Justyna Wydrzyńska, who was previously charged with illegally providing abortion pills, used this loophole to justify the abortomat, because it eliminates a person from illegally providing the pills.
“The abortomat is not a human being, and the person collecting the pills, in accordance with the regulations, is not breaking the law,” said Wydrzyńska, according to Wirtualna Polska.
One of the device's selling points is that it allows women (or perhaps men, too) to access the abortion pill anonymously. This means there is no medical or physician oversight for a woman when she undergoes a DIY abortion at home, on her own.
This matters, as the abortion pill comes with serious risks:
One study found that the abortion pill is four times more dangerous than a first trimester surgical abortion.
Research from Ireland also showed that 12% of women report to the ER for infection or bleeding after taking the abortion pill.
In addition, one report states that "removing the in-person dispensing requirement for the abortion pill puts women at increased risk of serious adverse events — an estimate of 13.50 percentage points higher than for in-person dispensing."
In an analysis of insurance data, researchers found reportedly found a 22 times higher event rate of "serious adverse events" (complications) than the rate currently held by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These complications included hemorrhaging, infection, sepsis, transfusions, hospitalization, and more.
The ability for the abortion pill to be accessed anonymously also makes it easier for predatory men to secure the chemicals to trick, coerce, or force women into abortions these women don't want.
This has happened frequently, as the abortion pill has become more readily available around the globe.
Pregnant women need tangible support and encouragement that tells them, 'You can do this' — not an easier ability to kill their preborn children while risking their lives in the process.
Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.
Our work is possible because of our donors. Please consider giving to further our work of changing hearts and minds on issues of life and human dignity.
Contact editor@liveaction.org for questions, corrections, or if you are seeking permission to reprint any Live Action News content.
Guest Articles: To submit a guest article to Live Action News, email editor@liveaction.org with an attached Word document of 800-1000 words. Please also attach any photos relevant to your submission if applicable. If your submission is accepted for publication, you will be notified within three weeks. Guest articles are not compensated (see our Open License Agreement). Thank you for your interest in Live Action News!
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