Activists' network in Mexico helps U.S. women get abortions
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Members of the Marea Verde Chihuahua collective meet at their headquarters in Chihuahua, Mexico, Monday, March 13, 2023. The organization of volunteers has supported reproductive rights in northern Mexico since 2018, providing virtual guidance as well as shipments of abortion pills for women who want to terminate a pregnancy on their own, sparking requests from the U.S. after the Supreme Court eliminate the constitutional right to abortion in 2022. (AP Photo/Adriana Esquivel)Signatures are collected to support the legalization of abortion on International Women's Day in Chihuahua, Mexico, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Chihuahua is ruled by a conservative governor and its penal code criminalizes most abortions. (AP Photo/Adriana Esquivel)Books on abortion issues sit at the Marea Verde Chihuahua, an organization that supports reproductive rights, in Chihuahua, Mexico, Monday, March 13, 2023. To safely advise women on self-managed medical abortions, members of Marea Verde Chihuahua were trained to become acompaantes -- capable of serving as a guide and partner, whether in person or from long distance. (AP Photo/Adriana Esquivel)Women hold signs against gender-based violence and in favor of abortion on International Women's Day, in Chihuahua, Mexico, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. A network of abortion-rights activists in Mexico is finding ways to offer assistance -- including shipments of abortion pills -- to women in the United States affected by recently imposed abortion bans in several states. (AP Photo/Adriana Esquivel)Green bandanas with the words "Marea Verde Chihuahua" hang from a wall at the organization's headquarters that supports reproductive rights in Chihuahua, Mexico, Monday, March 13, 2023. To safely advise women on self-managed medical abortions, members of Marea Verde Chihuahua were trained to become acompaantes -- capable of serving as a guide and partner, whether in person or from long distance. (AP Photo/Adriana Esquivel)
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Members of the Marea Verde Chihuahua collective meet at their headquarters in Chihuahua, Mexico, Monday, March 13, 2023. The organization of volunteers has supported reproductive rights in northern Mexico since 2018, providing virtual guidance as well as shipments of abortion pills for women who want to terminate a pregnancy on their own, sparking requests from the U.S. after the Supreme Court eliminate the constitutional right to abortion in 2022. (AP Photo/Adriana Esquivel)
