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And are worried about the state of things I have a link for you.
https://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Contraceptive-Tablet-Compare-One-Step/dp/B00NKMY5E2/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=plan+b&qid=1630560956&sr=8-1
Generic Plan B for $8.29. I know people who've used it- it works. Stock up.
Also, Dollar Tree has pregnancy tests and tests, they do work. If you or someone you know is of reproductive age stock up and use one monthly. Catch it early.
Amazon has an incredible deal: 40 pregnancy test strips for under $13. It's around $0.32 a test.
https://www.amazon.com/Accu-Clear-Pregnancy-Strips-Accurate-Tests/dp/B08LJ6676L/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2AJWRV81D9OA8&dchild=1&keywords=accuclear+pregnancy+strips&qid=1630569971&rdc=1&sprefix=accucl&sr=8-3
AidAccess is mailing pills even if you don't have a confirmed pregnancy. If you can get the funds it would be a good idea to keep one in the medicine cabinet.
This never should have happened. The suggestions above won't help everyone but it's a start.
LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)madaboutharry
(40,148 posts)Its like it was in nazi Germany with people turning neighbors over to the gestapo.
xmas74
(29,658 posts)We need immediate solutions that will support people who could become pregnant in the near future. The Plan B and Aid Access can be delivered through the mail. Are they going to sue the post office? The Amazon driver who doesn't know what they're delivering?
Pregnancy tests in bulk? So what. Maybe someone is trying for a pregnancy. No one can prove otherwise.
LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)What's next?
xmas74
(29,658 posts)Instead of formulating a plan to beat them then we will never get our if this mess.
This is the immediate need. Focus on this tonight. Other states will follow. Stock up now before it happens where you or your loved ones are.
Do not get caught unaware.
PortTack
(32,605 posts)Women young girls need help NOW! It cant wait
If you or anyone finds a fund to give to, please post that as well
xmas74
(29,658 posts)I'm in Missouri and I'm furious. I have a 21 year old daughter and I know my state legislature will be chomping at the bit to enact similar. My baby will be affected.
This is exactly what I would do for my child. There's a time to be upset and dazed. We are past that time. We have to be proactive and make it as difficult as possible for them to actually win.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,296 posts)This emergency tablet is just the thing to help.
xmas74
(29,658 posts)Have someone go in and buy in bulk. Mark a date on the calendar and take a test every month on that day. Catch a pregnancy early. Donate Aid Access to someone in Texas so it is on hand at the earliest sign of a positive test. Have it all on hand so no one needs to leave the house.
Beat them at their game.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,296 posts)xmas74
(29,658 posts)I've known you for years so if you are I will msg you here with some info.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,296 posts)JohnSJ
(91,937 posts)rights, etc. etc. etc.
xmas74
(29,658 posts)People of reproductive age will still have unplanned pregnancies. We need to address the immediate need in front of us-how to treat them- while still focusing on everything it entails.
1) Use birth control every time.
2) Stock up on generic Plan B ahead of time. If there is a bc mishap use immediately.
3) Buy several months worth of pregnancy tests. Take one every 28-30 days, even if you're using bc correctly. Mistakes happen-catch them asap.
4) Aid Access will now allow people to order in advance wo proof of pregnancy. If you can afford it, buy one to keep on hand. Don't need one? Ask to donate to cause that will send one to someone who can't afford it.
5) If pregnant take your Aid Access abortion pills exactly as written asap. Don't talk about it unless you have no option. Look at anyone as suspicious. $10,000 is plenty to have a neighbor, coworker or cousin turn people in and name random names as assisting in an abortion.
We need to be practical now.
littlemissmartypants
(22,417 posts)Also, get a basal body thermometer and do daily checks plotting them on a graph.
If you are diligent you can determine your ovulation date within one to three days. This is a excellent way to identify the actual date of conception which is very important when using the morning after pill.
I would still use test taking but using a BBT graph is exceptionally accurate in determining the best day for self administration of the pill when pregnancy testing isn't always accurate.
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xmas74
(29,658 posts)All of this
I will also include this link above but in case you know someone who needs it: 40 pregnancy test strips for under $13. It comes up to $0.32 a test.
https://www.amazon.com/Accu-Clear-Pregnancy-Strips-Accurate-Tests/dp/B08LJ6676L/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2AJWRV81D9OA8&dchild=1&keywords=accuclear+pregnancy+strips&qid=1630569971&rdc=1&sprefix=accucl&sr=8-3
love_katz
(2,562 posts)xmas74
(29,658 posts)To 40 pregnancy tests strips on Amazon for under $13. It comes up to around $0.32 a test.
https://www.amazon.com/Accu-Clear-Pregnancy-Strips-Accurate-Tests/dp/B08LJ6676L/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2AJWRV81D9OA8&dchild=1&keywords=accuclear+pregnancy+strips&qid=1630569971&rdc=1&sprefix=accucl&sr=8-3
littlemissmartypants
(22,417 posts)7 Best Basal Body Thermometers To Track Ovulation
https://diyremedies.org/basal-body-thermometers/
List of Best Basal Body Thermometers
Health Tree
iProven
Bongmi
Wink by Kindara
Emay
iSnow
The Baby Makers
NOTE
Though BBT monitoring is primarily used to plan your pregnancy it's just as important as a way to determine whether or not you need emergency birth control.
xmas74
(29,658 posts)I think we need to encourage a combination of all of these things at the moment.
littlemissmartypants
(22,417 posts)love_katz
(2,562 posts)I menopause about 8 years ago, and I don't live in Texas. But this law leaves me feeling so enraged that I am in danger of grinding my teeth into oblivion!!! I don't have a lot of money, but if a secure and anonymous way of donating money to women who will need it could be set up, I would scrape together whatever cash I could come up with in an effort to help. May the Evilgelical Talibornagains completely and utterly fail to ban safe and legal abortion. May patriarchy fall!!!
xmas74
(29,658 posts)Share the links with others, especially if they have people in Texas. It's good information.
ancianita
(35,812 posts)if you stock up, it had best be for the long haul. Don't think any supplies will last.
If women are terrorized by TX men's reproduction laws now, don't think they'll stop at the pregnancy part.
This war hasn't lasted millennia for no reason.
xmas74
(29,658 posts)Until everyone starts naming these men as possible baby daddies and claim that they offered to pay for an abortion.
It's time to fight fire with fire.
ancianita
(35,812 posts)File a charge on every single wife and female family member of every Texas official as aiders and abettors of a pro-choice persons under this new law.
Every single wife of every Texas official. THEY become defendants under this law.
Let's see whether or not their men pay, just who, exactly, pays their $10,000 bail.
Let's see how the Texas witch hunts begin. Let's see how the anti-woman war goes forward after that.
Where are the Texas women lawyers? Are they all going to be defendants, too?
Where are the Texas male allies of women?
That's right, sitting on their privilege-loving, superior asses, putting the undue burden on all their family women and women friends.
Vinca
(50,168 posts)ARE abortions. In the short term, there's only one solution. Shut 'em off. No sex unless the guy can provide proof he's had a vasectomy. Women aren't brood mares.
ancianita
(35,812 posts)I don't think you realize how focused they are on control.
tanyev
(42,354 posts)xmas74
(29,658 posts)Double that up with the pregnancy tests on there and no one needs to know your business.
Women will need to be very careful and use constant precautions.
LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)If they outlaw Plan B....(There is currently a bill filed)
It would have to be sent to someone in another state and then that person can send it to Texas...
However, the sale would not be illegal until the state bans Plan B..
Currently Plan B is legal in Texas
ecstatic
(32,566 posts)I hope I'm not stepping on any toes because I don't live in Texas but I'm pretty sure that a similar law will come (back) to Georgia soon. Ultimately, I will get my tubes tied but I'm kind of nervous about that procedure.